Inhibition of BaSO4 at a Hastelloy metal surface and in solution: The consequences of falling below the minimum inhibitor concentration (MIC)

Proceedings - SPE Sixth International Symposium on Oilfield Scale; Exploring the Boundaries of Scale Control

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 181-187

  Graham, A L ^a   Vieille, E ^b   Neville, A ^c   Boak, L S ^a   Sorbie, K S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculte des Sciences et Techniques   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENZYME INHIBITION; OIL WELLS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRODUCTIVITY; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SOLUTIONS; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

BARRIUM SULFATE; BULK JAR TESTS; HASTELLOY METAL SURFACE (MIC); MINIMUM INHIBITOR CONCENTRATION;

BARITE;

EID: 4644254218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/87444-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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