Use of highly acid-soluble chelating agents in well stimulation services

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn , Issue A, 2000, Pages 799-810

  Frenier, Wayne W ^b   Wilson, David ^a   Crump, Druce ^a   Jones, Ladell ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; IRON OXIDES; OIL FIELDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WELL STIMULATION;

CHELATING AGENTS;

CHELATION;

EID: 0034588958     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/63242-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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