Numerical modeling of salt precipitation during produced water reinjection

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Symposium on Oilfield Scale 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Rocha, A A ^a   Frydman, M ^a   Da Fontoura, S A B ^b   Rosario F F ^c   Bezerra, M C M ^c  

^a Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska   (United States)

^b International Association of Oil and Gas Producers   (United Kingdom)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

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