Brine mixing complicates Alba field scale management

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 35, 2001, Pages 79-91

  Paulo, J ^a   Mackay, E J ^a   Menzies, N ^a   Poynton, N ^a  

^a Cabinda Gulf Oil Co Ltd   (Angola)

Author keywords

Oil well; Scale formation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLOW PATTERNS; OIL WELLS; SEAWATER;

RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

OIL FIELDS;

BRINE; OIL WELL; SCALING; SULFATE;

EID: 0035959181     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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