Veslefrikk scale control strategy and economic implications: Revisited 7 years later-did we improve?

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 9th International Conference on Oilfield Scale 2008 - "Managing Scale Through the Field Lifetime"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 398-417

  Tjomsland, Tore ^a,b   Sæten, Jens Olav ^a,b   Vikane, Olav ^a,b   Zettlitzer, Michael ^a,c   Chen, Ping ^a,d  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c RWE Dea ^*

^d Champion Technologies

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNHOLE SCALE CONTROL; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; ECONOMIC SUCCESS; FORMATION DAMAGE; INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; NORTH SEA; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SCALE CONTROL; SCALE CONTROL MEASURES; SCALE DEPOSITIONS; SCALE INHIBITORS; SCALE MANAGEMENT; SCALE POTENTIAL; SEA WATER INJECTION; SERVICE COMPANIES; SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS; SULPHATE; TASK FORCES; WATER BLOCKING; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER;

SCALE (DEPOSITS);

EID: 53349142666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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