With the development of the petroleum industry, the quantity of the chemicals in the oil field is getting bigger and bigger, the amount of it has increased by 52% in ten years, and the value has increased by 96.1%. Oil field chemicals now has more than 3000 kinds of more than 70 varieties. North America is the world consumption of oil field chemicals most populous region, accounting for about half of the total, of which the United States is the maximum amount of countries in the region, world oil production per year by chemicals consumption of 450 million tons, worth $3.7 billion, accounted for 1 / 3 of the oilfield chemicals total amount. According to the statistics of the world's 120 companies, only 988 kinds of chemicals used for oil production.

Oilfield chemicals in China since the 1970s, China Oilfield Chemicals and research, development and application have made great achievements, play an important role in petroleum exploration and development, in the variety, quantity and quality have reached a considerable level. According to statistics, the country's annual consumption of oil products 1 million 200 thousand tons, of which 350 thousand tons of fine chemicals, is expected to increase the consumption of oil field chemicals in China with an average annual rate of 10%, the number of species has reached more than 300. Drilling mud material is the maximum amount of oil field chemicals, accounting for about 45% - 50% of the total amount of oil field chemicals, more than 60% of the value and recovery chemicals with high technical content, the amount accounted for the total consumption of 1 / 3, the two in the oil field chemicals occupies an important position.