Chemical & Material
Crude Tall Oil Derivative
Crude Tall Oil (CTO) is a by-product of the kraft pulping process used by many paper mills. Tall oil soap is collected at the mills and then acidulated to make crude tall oil. It is a mixture of fatty acids, rosin and Rubber neutral materials and forms water-in-oil emulsions and stabilizes mud systems at high bottom-hole temperatures. The CTO can then be further refined through the fractionation process to separate it into the components of tall oil fatty acid, tall oil…
- Types
- Tall Oil Rosin (TOR) · Tall Oil Pitch (TOP) · Distilled Tall Oil (DTO)
- Applications
- Fuel and Fuel Additives · Surfactant · Mining and Oilfield Chemicals
5 editions22 December 2025