H2S inhibition by nitrate injection on the Gullfaks field

NACE Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sunde, Egil ^a   Lillebø, Bente Lise P ^b   Bødtker, Gunhild ^b   Torsvik, Terje ^b   Thorstenson, Tore ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Microbiology Section   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Corrosion; Gullfaks; H2S; Nitrate; NRB; Reservoir souring; SRB

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070036149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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