Oilfield scale is one of the major flow assurance problems in the oil field industry. Scaling is
deposition of inorganic salts due to supersaturation of salts in water. Many researchers have …

Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is considered as an alternative energy resource in the future as it
is proven to contain about 2 times carbon resources of those contained in the fossil energy …

Barium sulfate (BaSO4) is a common scale-forming mineral in natural and engineered
systems, yet the rates and mechanisms of heterogeneous BaSO4 nucleation are not …

Flowback water from natural gas extraction in Marcellus Shale contains very high
concentrations of inorganic salts and organic chemicals. Potential reuse of this water in …

This work reports a reliable and systematic study of barite-nucleation kinetics in the
presence of scale inhibitors from 4 to 90° C and at various conditions. In this study, we …

Oilfield flow assurance is the subject to study the impact on the flow of production fluids due
to physicochemical changes in the production system. Mineral scale deposition is among …

Barite (BaSO4) is one of the common scales in oil-and-gas production. Extensive work has
been conducted to study barite nucleation and inhibition at temperatures below 100° C …

Precipitation of solids due to chemical reactions or thermodynamic non-equilibrium is a
common cause of formation damage in oil and gas wells. The traditional mathematical …

Seawater injection is widely used to improve oil recovery in offshore oil reservoirs. However,
injecting seawater into reservoirs can cause many flow-assurance issues, such as scaling …

Few (macro) molecular inhibitors of inorganic scale can suppress both nucleation and
crystal growth. In this study, we examine a series of potential inhibitors of barium sulfate …