Mitigation of reservoir souring by nitrate in a produced water re-injection system in Alberta

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 999-1006

  Arensdorf, J J ^a   Miner, K ^a   Ertmoed, R ^a   Clay, B ^b   Stadnicki, P ^b   Voordouw, G ^c  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^b Enerplus ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OILFIELD CHEMISTRY; PRODUCED WATER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM ACCUMULATION; CALCIUM NITRATE; INJECTION LINES; INJECTION SYSTEMS; INJECTION WATER; INJECTION WELLS; NITRATE TREATMENTS; PRODUCTION RATES;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 70449657728     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/121731-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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