Preventing scale deposition in oil production facilities: An industry review

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn 1998-March, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Hinrichsen, Charles J ^a  

^a Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Norm; Scale inhibition; Scale inhibitors; Scale prediction; Scale removal; Scale squeeze treatment

Indexed keywords

DESCALING; OIL FIELDS;

NORM; SCALE INHIBITION; SCALE INHIBITOR; SCALE PREDICTION; SCALE SQUEEZE;

SCALE (DEPOSITS);

EID: 84939640824     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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