Evaluation of a new environmentally friendly chelating agent for high-temperature applications

SPE Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-574

  Mahmoud, M A ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a   De Wolf, C A ^a   LePage, J N ^b   Bemelaar J H , ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKZONOBEL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; AMINO ACIDS; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL; EFFLUENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; LIME; OIL WELLS; PH; REACTION RATES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEEL CORROSION;

CARBONATE FORMATIONS; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; MATRIX ACIDIZING; OIL AND GAS WELL; SODIUM CHLORIDE (NACL); THERMALLY STABLE; UNCONTROLLED REACTIONS;

CHELATION;

EID: 80053008104     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/127923-PA     Document Type: Article

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