Reservoir scale inhibition
US5002126A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 10, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC09K8/528
- 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 the water soluble surfactant metal salt containing a terminal metal ion which is adsorbed on the surfaces of the reservoir and thereafter injecting an inhibitor selected from the group consisting of phosphonates and polymeric carboxylates. The inhibitor reacts with the metal, precipitating as the metal phosphonate or polymeric carboxylate which slowly dissolves in production water to inhibit the formation of scale.
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