Disposal of brackish water concentrate into depleted oil and gas fields: A texas study

Desalination

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 61-74

  Nicot, Jean Philippe ^a   Chowdhury, Ali H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Texas Water Development Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay sensitivity; Concentrate; Disposal; Oil and gas fields; Scaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELDS; SALINE WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRACKISH WATER; BRACKISH WATER CONCENTRATE; CLAY SENSITIVITY; SCALING;

DESALINATION;

DESALINATION PLANT; OIL FIELD; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DESALINATION; OIL FIELD; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644589629     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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