Squeeze chemical for HT applications - Have we discarded promising products by performing unrepresentative thermal aging tests?

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 93-104

  Wat, Rex ^a   Hauge, Lars Even ^a   Solbakken, Kåre ^a   Wennberg, Kjell Erik ^a   Sivertsen, Linda Merete ^b   Gjersvold, Berit ^b  

^a SPE ^*

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXECUTION STAGES; INHIBITION EFFECTIVENESS; SQUEEZE CHEMICAL;

DESORPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL AGING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 34249307304     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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