Lessons Learned from Descaling Wells in a Sandstone Reservoir in Saudi Arabia

SPE Oilfield Scale Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 211-223

  Nasr El Din, H A ^a   Lynn, J D ^a   Hashem, M K ^a   Bitar, G E ^a   Al Ali, A A ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CALCITE; CHROMIUM; CLAY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; IRON OXIDES; NICKEL; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELLS; SANDSTONE; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; WATER INJECTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS (ESP); WATER INJECTION PLANTS (WIPS);

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1842588945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/74690-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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