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Inhibition of reservoir scale

US4860829A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 1988
Grant dateAug 29, 1989
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S507/927
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Scaling of a production well in a non-carbonate subterranean reservoir is inhibited by injecting into the reservoir a mixture of a phosphonate inhibitor and a metal chelate where the metal chelate has a lower stability constant (Ke) than the phosphonate inhibitor.

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