Low-sulfate seawater injection for barium sulfate scale control: A life-of-field solution to a complex challenge

SPE International Formation Damage Control Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Jordan, M M ^a   Collins, I R ^b   Mackay, E J ^c  

^a NALCO COMPANY   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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