Kinetics of CaCO3 scale formation. The influence of temperature, supersaturation and ionic composition

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Symposium on Oilfield Scale 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Østvold, Terje ^a   Randhol, Preben ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; IONS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SAND; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SUPERSATURATION;

CACO3 PRECIPITATIONS; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; IONIC COMPOSITION; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOWER TEMPERATURES; PRECIPITATING PHASE; SCALING KINETICS; SUPERSATURATED SOLUTIONS;

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EID: 85087225707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/68302-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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