Scale inhibitor squeeze strategies in horizontal wells

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 27-35

  Sorbie, K S ^a,b,c   Wesselingh, E M ^a,d   Yuan, M D ^a,e,f   Lemanczyk, R Z ^a,g,h,i,j   Todd, A C ^a,k  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d Inst for Petrol and Gas Technology   (Netherlands)

^e Baker Performance Chemicals   (United Kingdom)

^f Southwest China Petroleum Institute   (China)

^g EPS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^h DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION INHIBITORS; DESCALING; SULFATE MINERALS;

SCALE INHIBITOR SQUEEZE TREATMENT;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 0031139184     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/97-05-01     Document Type: Article

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