Assessing the effect of the application of magnetic treatment for the reduction of oilfield scale

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn 2000-March, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Pritchard, Andrew M ^a   Brabon, Steve ^b   Birch, William ^c  

^a Andrew Pritchard Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c Shell UK Explor and Production   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Calcium sulfate; Laboratory testing methods; Magnetic fields; Non chemical devices; Nucleation; Scale; Scale control

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUCLEATION; OIL FIELDS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TESTING;

CALCIUM SULFATE; CHEMICAL DEVICES; LABORATORY TESTING; SCALE; SCALE CONTROL;

CARBONATION;

EID: 84863823142     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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