Drs. Tao Chen and Qiwei Wang, both AMPP Fellows and industry renown experts in petroleum engineering and oilfield chemistry, have teamed on Oilfield Scale Mitigation: From Prediction to Prevention: Tackling Challenges in Energy Transition and Sustainability. The two SMEs amassed an impressive roster of other well-recognized experts in the field to submit thoroughly researched and vetted original content to make up the 20 chapters the book offers. Organized in four sections-fundamentals, scale inhibitor treatment, exotic scales, and new technologies for sustainable production-this unique 650-page collaboration ranges from thermodynamics and kinetics to nanomaterials for squeeze treatment, from common scale inhibitors to challenges associated with subsea fields. With various case studies throughout, this book will become a must-have addition to the library of anyone connected with the oil and gas industry, from students to seasoned senior engineers.
Sections I. Fundamental
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. Scale Prediction: Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Chapter 3. Scale Prediction: PVT Considerations
Chapter 4. Scale Modeling for Gas Wells.
Section II. Scale Inhibitor Treatment
Chapter 5. Scale Inhibitor and Evaluation
Chapter 6. Squeeze Treatment: Theory, Design, and Optimization
Chapter 7. Advanced Squeeze Treatment
Chapter 8. Solid Scale Inhibitor Treatment
Chapter 9. Scale Prevention in Shale Production
Chapter 10. Scale Control in EOR Process
Chapter 11. Multi-functional Inhibitor Products
Chapter 12. Scale Inhibitor Analysis
Chapter 13. Scale Monitoring Techniques
Section III. Exotic Scales
Chapter 14. Sulfide Scales
Chapter 15. Halite Deposit
Chapter 16. Silica and Metal Silicate Scales
Section IV. New Technologies for Sustainable Production
Chapter 17. Green Scale Inhibitors
Chapter 18. Nanomaterials for Squeeze Treatment
Chapter 19. Anti-Scale Coating
Chapter 20. Hardware Technologies for Scale Control
