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

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 192-209

  Jordan, Myles M ^a   Collins, Ian R ^b   Mackay, Eric J ^c  

^a Nalco ^*

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; BARIUM SULFATE; LIFE CYCLE; MIXING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRODUCED WATER; REACTION KINETICS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COMPUTER MODELING TECHNIQUES; DEEPWATER SUBSEA DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; PRODUCED WATER REINJECTION; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SCALE INHIBITOR SQUEEZES; SUPERSATURATION RATIO;

SCALE (DEPOSITS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEEP WATER; FLUID INJECTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; RESERVOIR FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SULFATE; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 45749109022     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/98096-pa     Document Type: Review

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