Estimation of potential barium sulfate (barite) precipitation in oilfield brines using a simple predictive tool

Scale deposition is one of the most important and serious problems that limits and sometimes blocks oil and gas production by plugging the oil producing formation matrix or fractures and perforated intervals. One of the most insoluble substances formed from formation water (brine) and one that is ve...

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Main Authors: Bahadori, Alireza, Zahedi, Gholamreza, Zendehboudi, Sohrab
Format: Article
Published: American Institute of Chemical Engineers. 2013
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