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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing
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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing

by Alireza Bahadori, Chikezie Nwaoha, Malcolm William Clark
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
478 pages
16h 29m
English
CRC Press
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Scale Converter
of several mineral precipitates that crystallize out of waters at or above the
saturation of the ions.
Scale Converter: A chemical that converts an acid insoluble scale to an acid
soluble material.
Scale Dissolver: A product that chemically dissolves scale.
Scaled Off: Plugged by scale.
Scale Inhibition Squeeze: Placement of a scale inhibitor chemical by inject-
ing it into the formation. The material may absorb, adsorb, or precipitate.
Scale Inhibitor: A chemical that prevents scale from forming in scale min-
eral saturated produced waters.
Scale Prediction: Prediction of where in the wellbore that scale minerals are
oversat
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