Workovers in sour environments: How do we avoid coiled tubing failures?

Proceedings - First International Oilfield Corrosion Symposium; Managing Corrosion in Oil and Gas Production: Fluids, Chemicals, Materials, and More

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 157-166

  Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a   Metcalf, Arthur S ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BJ SERVICES COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ATTACK; CORROSION PROTECTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OIL FIELDS; PITTING; SOUR GAS; TUBING;

COILED TUBINGS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE INHIBITORS; WATER INJECTION WELLS; WORKOVER TREATMENT;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 4644228336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/87622-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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