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FightingScale—RemovalandPrevention

Imagineanoilfieldmenacethatcansmotheraproductivewellwithin24hours.Thebuildup

ofscaleinsidewellboresdoesexactlythat,causingmillionsofdollarsindamage

everyyear.Newunderstandingofscaleaccumulationisallowingproduction

engineerstopredictwhenscaleformationwilloccur,sothatadverse

operatingconditionscanbepreventedwithnewinhibitor

techniques.Newtoolsarealsoavailabletoblast

scaleawayfromcasingandtubulars.

MikeCrabtree

Aberdeen,Scotland

DavidEslinger

Tulsa,Oklahoma,USA

PhilFletcher

MattMiller

SugarLand,Texas,USA

AshleyJohnson

Rosharon,Texas

GeorgeKing

BPAmocoCorporation

Houston,Texas

Forhelpinpreparationofthisarticle,thankstoAndrewFewproductionproblemsstrikefearintotheoversaturatedwithscalecomponentswhentwo

Acock,Houston,Texas,USA;WillemvanAdrichemandheartsofengineersthewayscalecan.Scaleisincompatiblewatersmeetdownhole.Whenever

WarrenZemlak,SugarLand,Texas;MikeBarrett,Steve

Davies,IgorDiakonovandJonElphick,Cambridge,England;anassemblageofdepositsthatcakeperfora-anoilorgaswellproduceswater,orwaterinjec-

LeoBurdylo,SugarLand,Texas;IngridHuldalandRaymondtions,casing,productiontubing,valves,pumpstionisusedtoenhancerecovery,thereisthepos-

Jasinski,Aberdeen,Scotland;andScottJacobsen,

Houston,Texas.anddownholecompletionequipment,therebysibilitythatscalewillform.Insomeareas,such

BlasterServices,BridgeBlaster,CoilCADE,CoilLIMIT,Jetcloggingthewellboreandprevent