Scale inhibitor application in Northern Alberta: A case history of an ultra high temperature scale inhibition solution in fire tube heater treaters

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 10th SPE International Conference on Oilfield Scale 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 56-66

  Wylde, Jonathan J ^a   McMahon, Jeff ^b   Mayner, Steve ^a  

^a SÜD CHEMIE AG   (Germany)

^b CLARIANT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIRES; POLYMERS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); TUBES (COMPONENTS); WELL TESTING;

DISPERSION PROPERTIES; INHIBITION PROPERTY; LABORATORY STUDIES; LABORATORY TESTING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PERFORMANCE TESTING; POLYMERIC INHIBITORS; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE;

SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

EID: 77957960989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/130307-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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