Kinetics of CaCO3 scale formation during core flooding

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 162-173

  Larsen, Tore ^a,b   Randhol, Preben ^a,b   Lioliou, Marianna ^c   Jøsang, Leif Olav ^a,d   Østvold, Terje ^a,d  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c ICE/HT FORTH ^*  (Greece)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL FIELDS; OIL WELLS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CORE FLOODING; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; KNOW-HOW; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; OPERATIONAL COSTS; PRECIPITATION KINETICS; SCALE CONTROL; SCALE FORMATION; SCALE PRECIPITATION; SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS; WELL BORE REGION; WELL PERFORMANCE;

SCALE (DEPOSITS);

EID: 53349176192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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