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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Statoil Petroleum As, Stavanger, NO;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STATOIL PETROLEUM AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/528 (2006.01); E21B 37/06 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 43/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/528 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 34/06 (2013.01); E21B 37/06 (2013.01); E21B 43/34 (2013.01); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides, a method of controlling scale formation in a hydrocarbon producing system, comprising; (i) injecting nanoparticles into said system to function as nuclei for scale growth; (if) allowing scale growth to occur on said nanoparticles to produce nanoparticles comprising scale; and. (in) optionally recovering said nanoparticles comprising scale.