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Oil & Mining

Oil&MiningWe deliver innovative separation and process solutions for the oil and mining industries. As in Kemira’s other segments, water is a key element in these industries as well. By utilizing our competence, our customers can improve their cost-efficiency and productivity.

For several years, we have been delivering a growing number of water treatment solutions to the oil and mining industries. At the end of 2008, we transformed our Oil & Mining efforts into a segment with reporting and profit and loss responsibility. This unit pursues profitable growth and utilizes the same product expertise and chemicals as our Paper and Water segments.

Ample Market Growth Opportunities

Oil & Mining is more than EUR 5 billion relevant chemicals market. We have a strong position in North America, while South America and Russia represent key growth areas.

Solutions for Complex Industry Needs

We aim to be a chemical technology supplier that helps reduce the overall water treatment costs incurred by its customers. Water is a key medium in the separation and processing of oil and minerals. With the exploitation of oil resources becoming increasingly difficult, our technologies offer solutions to meet our customers’ most complex demands.

More attention must be paid to water recycling and reuse in the oil and mining industries. The technology we use is based on Kemira’s core competence – water treatment. Our expertise delivers value across the supply chain and helps customers make more efficient use of scarce water and energy resources.

Our product range for the oil and mining industries includes acrylamides, water soluble polymers, biocides, dispersants and anti-scalant agents, foaming and defoaming agents and a number of customized products. A strong technology platform, skilled application specialists, cutting-edge manufacturing processes and an extensive supply chain management generate value for our customers.

Close, Innovative and Fast

A close partnership with our customers is the foundation of our operations. This closeness helps us understand their processes and enables us to anticipate their needs, which in turn allows us to quickly develop innovative solutions tailored to meet their specific challenges. We have operations worldwide, and we help our customers solve problems in constantly changing markets.

Our operations comprise three customer segments: Oil & Gas, Minerals & Metals, and Formulation Technology. To the Oil & Gas customer segment we offer a full range of products for oil drilling, cementing, stimulation and production applications. In the Minerals & Metals customer segment, our focus is on producing additives required for mineral and metal separation and processing. Meanwhile, the Formulation Technology segment serves our global partners in the acrylamide, paper and coatings businesses that increase the value of products used in selected industrial processes.

Key Figures

  • Customers: Oil and mining industries
  • Market Position: #1 in coagulants and number #3 in flocculants worldwide
  • Market Area: Global
  • Markets: Total market around EUR 12 billion (Kemira’s estimate). The market relevant to Kemira’s operations amounts to about EUR 5 billion
  • Products and Services: Products for the oil and mining industries and customized manufacture
  • Revenue: EUR 275 million
  • Operating Profit (excluding nonrecurring items): EUR 8 million