Combined scale removal and scale inhibition treatments

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Symposium on Oilfield Scale 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Smith, P S ^a   Clement, C C ^a   Mendoza Rojas, A ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecopetrol Instituto Colombiano Del Petróleo   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

COMBINED TREATMENT; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; LABORATORY STUDIES; PROJECT INITIATIONS; RE-PRECIPITATION; REMOVAL TREATMENTS; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; WELL INTERVENTION;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 84938113614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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