New insights into the removal of calcium sulfate scale

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 9th European Formation Damage Conference 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1052-1070

  Al Khaldi, M H ^a   Al Juhani, A M ^b   Al Mutairi, S H ^a   Gurmen, M N ^c  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISSOLUTION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FLUORSPAR; GYPSUM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; OIL WELLS; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCALE (DEPOSITS); SOLUBILITY;

COST EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS; ECONOMICAL METHODS; EQUIPMENT FAILURES; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; GYPSUM DISSOLUTION; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OPERATING PROBLEMS; SOLUBILITY LIMITS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80052441716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144158-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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