Iron sulfide scale: Formation, removal and prevention

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Symposium on Oilfield Scale 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Nasr El Din, H A ^a   Al Humaidan, A Y ^b  

^a Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska   (United States)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BACTERIA; CORROSION RATE; DECOMPOSITION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MOLAR RATIO; OIL FIELDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; DOWNHOLE CONDITIONS; OIL WATER SEPARATION; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

EID: 79952855912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/68315-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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