Disclosed is a method for introducing additives into an oil, gas, or water
injection well or pipeline in solid form at a location other than at the
bottom. The method is practiced using pellets having a density sufficient
to suspend the pellet at a top phase, bottom phase or at the interface of
two phases of fluid within a wellbore. The pellets are prepared from a
pellet matrix, such as an ethoxylated wax, and a weighting agent as well
as an additive. By varying the amount of weighting agent, the density of
the pellet can be varied to suspend it at a desired point to for a time
sufficient to deliver the additive to the desired point within the
wellbore.