Field Application of a Novel Emulsified Scale Inhibitor System to Mitigate Calcium Carbonate Scale in a Low Temperature, Low Pressure Sandstone Reservoir in Saudi Arabia

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 3727-3736

  Nasr EI Din, H A ^a   Lynn, J D ^a   Hashem, M K ^a   Bitar, G ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS (ESP); GAS OIL RATIO (GOR);

CALCITE; EMULSIFICATION; GRAVEL; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL PUMPS; SANDSTONE; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; WELL PRESSURE; WELL TESTING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142278648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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