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Case Histories of Permian Area Scale Treatment Challenges and Chemical Program Optimization Strategies

Product Number: 51324-20857-SG

Author: Haiping Lu; Wei Wei; Chao Yan; Roy Young; David Nix

Publication Date: 2024

$40.00

During production in the Permian Area, one of the most impactful operational issues is scale formation and deposition, which can be related to CaCO3, CaSO4, BaSO4, FeS, etc. Scale can occur anywhere from downhole reservoirs and wellbores to topside facilities. Based on different scale formation species, operation conditions, and system requirements, scale treatment strategies will vary and can include the following aspects: • For downhole conditions, either continuous injection or squeeze application can be applied. Squeeze treatments can effectively prevent carbonate and sulfate scales for typically at least 6 to 12 months and help to reduce the amount of solid deposition downhole and in surface facilities. • For surface facilities, continuous injection is usually applied. Scale inhibitors should be compatible with high TDS & high calcium waters to avoid pseudo scale formation, causing increased usage of inhibitors and even blockage of the system. • Iron sulfide (FeS) scale can be controlled by chelators, i.e., Tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium sulfate (THPS), though typically should be combined with corrosion control and even H2S scavenging treatment to reduce FeS solid deposition. This paper presents case histories from the Permian Area, including general scale issues, FeS deposition cases, and guidance for selecting suitable treatment programs to provide insights on future scale treatments in similar operations.

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Field Case Study: Impact of Corrosion Inhibitor on Scale Control

Product Number: 51324-20631-SG

Author: Alex Yi-Tsung Lu; Zhiwei Yue

Publication Date: 2024

$40.00

Mineral scale deposition and pipeline corrosion are two of the most common challenges that require chemical treatment in oil wells. Combination products including scale inhibitor (SI), corrosion inhibitor (CI) packages, surfactants, and other chemical additives are well accepted as an integrated solution to flow assurance and asset integrity problems. In this work, a case study in the Permian Basin field demonstrates a certain type of combination product exhibiting lower performance than expected. The raw material interference on the scale inhibitors was investigated and presented with detailed laboratory data. A series of laboratory tests were conducted to investigate the impacts on performance from the chemicals in the combination product. In the dynamic tube blocking test, the phosphonate-based SI shows much weaker performance in the presence of certain active CI components, while other raw materials (surfactants and quaternary amine) had a minor effect. Further bottle tests revealed a calcite inhibition drop from complete inhibition to 30% and 40% inhibition in the two phosphonate-based SI chemistries in the presence of the active component, respectively. In the additional barite inhibition tests, no significant impact on the SI performance was observed. Contrary to the previous literature reports about common CI chemicals, this active component expressed significantly adverse impacts on the SI performance for calcite prevention. This study demonstrates a root cause analysis for the adverse effect of certain active CI components on the scale prevention and suggests the impact of the CI package on SI should be carefully investigated in the product selection. A thorough evaluation of combination product performance is recommended before the field application.

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Internal Corrosion of L80 Tubing in Permian Basin Oil and Gas Wells-Case Studies (Lab Study)

Product Number: 51323-18892-SG

Author: Suresh Divi, Michael Newman

Publication Date: 2023

$20.00

The Permian Basin is an oil-and-gas-producing area located in West Texas and the adjoining area of southeastern New Mexico. The Permian Basin covers an area approximately 250 miles wide and 300 miles long and is composed of more than 7,000 fields (best represented in Railroad Commission of Texas production figures as districts 7C, 08, and 8A) in West Texas.1 The greater Permian Basin accounts for nearly 40 percent of all oil production in the United States and nearly 15 percent of its natural gas production.

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Novel Application of Nitrate as H2S Control Strategy in Permian Basin Produced Water Storage Ponds

Product Number: 51323-18968-SG

Author: Wei Shi, Paul Evans, Gabrielle Scheffer, Casey Hubert

Publication Date: 2023

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Produced water recycling for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations has been an increasingly common practice to support oil and gas development in the Permian Basin. Aside from the economic benefits associated with reusing the water produced which is a byproduct of oil and gas operations, recycling reduces both the need for sourcing water (brackish or fresh) from the environment as well as the volume of produced water requiring disposal. Produced water ponds support successful recycling by providing temporary storage of recycled water and volume buffer for fracking. Raw produced water is usually treated in recycling facilities before being stored in the ponds.

Products tagged with 'permian basin'

Case Histories of Permian Area Scale Treatment Challenges and Chemical Program Optimization Strategies

Field Case Study: Impact of Corrosion Inhibitor on Scale Control

Internal Corrosion of L80 Tubing in Permian Basin Oil and Gas Wells-Case Studies (Lab Study)

Novel Application of Nitrate as H2S Control Strategy in Permian Basin Produced Water Storage Ponds

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