The oil industry’s clean little secret.

Hiding in plain sight.

Or rather on every site. CarboNet chemistry is treating millions of barrels across the Permian—quietly holding spec, cutting sludge, and giving ops teams one less thing to troubleshoot. Like any operative, it slips in, solves the problem, and leaves no mess behind.

Why it matters: Produced water rarely shows up the same way twice. A blend of formation fluids, flowback, and frac remnants, it changes with each choke, blend, or restart. And because it’s processed across distributed well pads, mobile units, tanks, and centralized treatment hubs, there’s rarely time—or labor—to babysit the chemistry.

• The water shifts by the hour. High TDS, oily solids, and variable blends shift by the hour, taking traditional flocculants and coagulants with them. When chemistry can’t adapt, separation stalls, filters clog, and sludge builds up.
• Crews are already stretched. Field techs can’t chase dose tweaks between pads and pits. Every fix eats time, risks compliance, and slows throughput just when volumes are rising.


CarboNet’s chemistry was made for this:

• Lower cost to treat. Most operators cut total chemical cost by up to 50%, not just on polymer, but across the whole program. That includes better solids handling and less labor lost to cleanouts or recalibration.
• Less polymer, more predictability. NanoNet-enhanced flocculants handle high-TDS, oily, and variable inputs while reducing polymer demand by 50–90%. That means fewer chemical deliveries, lower residuals, and more stable separation.
• Tighter floc, lighter sludge. Chemistry that forms dense, fast-settling flocs reduces carryover and improves dewatering, leading to meaningful reductions in sludge volume and fewer cleanouts, filter swaps, or press slowdowns.
• Plug-and-play. Gels require no make-down; emulsions need minimal prep. Both formats reduce labor and setup time, critical for rotating crews and smaller teams.
• Stabilizes the system. SimplePrime coagulants are tuned to pair with flocculants—not fight them—so the system stays balanced across load shifts and restarts. No more overdosing at the front end and chasing violations downstream.
• Fewer hands, fewer alarms. Wide dosing windows and stable performance reduce the need for constant checks or recalibration, keeping crews focused on throughput instead of troubleshooting.
• Backed by SpecialOps. Dashboards unify data from mobile, remote, and centralized systems so that operators and managers can track dosing, performance, and cost in real time.

Behind the scenes: CarboNet chemists and field crews designed this chemistry for the Permian, testing it on systems where salinity, solids, and pH shift without warning.

• The results: Flocculants that hold their structure and settle fast, even under load. Gels that require no dilution or aging; emulsions that scale efficiently. Coagulants tuned to reduce charge conflicts and help the whole system run cleaner.

SpecialOps for total control: From a single dashboard, operators can monitor dozens of sites, track dose performance, compare polymer usage, and catch trouble before it spreads. 



The bottom line: Produced water treatment needs clarity and consistency. CarboNet helps operators move more barrels with fewer people, fewer slowdowns, and fewer surprises. That means more reuse, more uptime, and a treatment program that keeps pace with the field.

“Within two hours of introducing CarboNet’s solution into the system, not only did the tanks start to clean up, with contaminants breaking loose from the walls, we were suddenly seeing stronger floc and our volumes went up to 85,000 barrels of water a day.“

Dave Williams, O&G Operator