An engineering company that supplies chemistry, based in the UAE and serving the Middle East and Africa.
Chemistry engineered around your plant.
Water-treatment programmes, specialty actives and industrial chemicals for plants across the Middle East and Africa. Lower water, energy and maintenance costs, measured and reported.
Boiler, cooling, closed-loop, RO and wastewater programmes, with KPIs agreed before we start and reported every month.
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Full phosphonate and polymer ranges, biocides, coagulants and inhibitors for formulators, distributors and plants.
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Acids, alkalis, salts, solvents and glycols with consistent quality, by the bag, drum, IBC or tanker.
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Scale insulates the tube. Heat that should reach the water goes up the stack instead, the burner fires harder and the tube metal runs hotter. Drag the scale and see the fuel you pay for.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Steam Tip Sheet #7 (data from NIST Handbook 115). Firetube boilers without stack heat recovery.
Published data stop at 1.6 mm (1/16″), or 0.8 mm for iron + silica scale. Beyond that the calculator extends the published trend and marks the result as an estimate.
A cooling tower loses water by evaporation and by blowdown. The more times the water is reused before blowdown (its cycles of concentration), the less you buy. Good chemistry is what lets you raise cycles safely.
Mass balance: make-up = E × C ÷ (C − 1); blowdown = E ÷ (C − 1). Drift ignored. Safe cycles depend on your water; we confirm them by analysis.
Every programme follows the same six steps, so you see the result in numbers you can audit.
We return a short written review with the risks we see and the programme we would propose. An engineer replies within one working day.
Select a system to see the problems we solve and the numbers we report on.
Filter by system, problem or industry. Every application shows the challenge, our approach and what we measure.
From finished treatment programmes to the raw actives behind them: phosphonates, polymers, biocides, coagulants and more, for water, oil & gas and industrial process. Select a family for details.
The complete phosphonate and polymer ranges, plus acids, alkalis, salts, biocides, coagulants, amines and glycols for water treatment, oil & gas, construction, food, agriculture, mining and manufacturing. Every product ships with SDS and CoA; ask us for anything not listed.
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CAS numbers identify the active substance. Grades, assays and pack sizes (25 kg, drums, 1,000 L IBC, flexitanks and bulk) depend on the manufacturer; the TDS and SDS of each lot apply.
Check your water, see what scale costs you and size the savings. Indicative results; our engineers confirm them with a full survey.
Indicative values from typical heat-transfer data for boiler scale. Silicate scale insulates far more than carbonate.
ORAKEM designs water treatment programmes and supplies specialty and commodity chemicals to industry across the Middle East and Africa. We start from the system, not the catalogue: every recommendation is engineered, measured and reported.
Industrial water decides how efficiently a plant runs. Scale steals fuel, corrosion shortens equipment life, and biofilm and fouling stop production. Most of it is preventable when the chemistry is chosen for the real conditions of the site and controlled every day.
That is how ORAKEM works. Our engineers survey the system, analyse the water and the failure history, and design a programme with clear control limits. We supply the products direct to site with full documentation, monitor the results and report them in numbers you can audit.
Beyond treatment programmes, we supply actives and commodities, from phosphonates and polymers to acids, alkalis, biocides and coagulants, to plants, formulators and distributors who need consistent quality and reliable delivery.
To keep our customers' water systems clean, protected and efficient, with chemistry engineered for their conditions and results they can measure.
By 2031, to be the most trusted engineered-chemistry partner for industry in the Middle East and Africa: the first call for water systems that run clean, protected and efficient.
Programmes, actives and commodities from a single, accountable supplier.
Dosing, control limits and KPIs designed for each system.
From qualified manufacturers to your site, in drums, IBCs or bulk.
Clear monthly data on water, energy and chemical use.
Every programme follows the same disciplined loop, so results are measured, not promised.
Site visit, system mapping and sampling.
Water chemistry, deposits and failure history.
Programme design, dosing rates and control limits.
Direct-to-site supply with full documentation.
Field tests, online sensors and service visits.
KPIs, savings and the next optimisation.
System audit and full water analysis, with written findings and a programme proposal.
Water, deposit and corrosion-product analysis with interpretation.
Procedure, chemistry and supervision for descaling and pre-commissioning.
Risk assessment, sampling plan and control programme.
Online conductivity, pH and inhibitor tracking with automated dosing and monthly dashboards.
Testing, dosing and safe chemical handling for your team.
Nineteen industries, each with its own mix of systems. Select one to see its applications.
Short, practical articles written by engineers, for the people who run the plant.
We source actives and formulations from qualified manufacturers and ship them direct to site, packed, labelled and documented to international standards.
Safety data sheets, technical data sheets, certificates of analysis and programme guides are sent on request, matched to the products you use.
Send a recent water analysis. We return a short written review with the risks we see and the programme we would propose.
Send your water analysis or describe the problem. An engineer replies within one working day.
Last updated November 2026
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