The importance of appropriate laboratory procedures for the determination of scale inhibitor performance

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Symposium on Oilfield Scale 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Graham, G M ^a   Collins, I R ^b   Stalker, R ^a   Littlehales, I J ^a  

^a Scaled Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; LABORATORIES; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OIL FIELDS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE; INHIBITION PERFORMANCE; INHIBITOR PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; MINIMUM INHIBITOR CONCENTRATIONS; SCALE CONTROL ADDITIVES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79960226335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/74679-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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