Scale inhibitor placement: Back to basics - Theory and examples

SPE Seventh International Symposium on Oilfield Scale 2005: Pushing the Boundaries of Scale Control, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 121-133

  Sorbie, K S ^a   Mackay, E J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; VISCOSITY; VISUALIZATION;

PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE; SCALE INHIBITORS (SI); SQUEEZE TREATMENT; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

SCALE (DEPOSITS);

EID: 27744512959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/95090-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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