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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2001
J. Kevyn Smith, Houston, TX (US);
C. Mitch Means, Richmond, TX (US);
Mingdong Yuan, Missouri City, TX (US);
John L. Przybylinski, Missouri City, TX (US);
Thomas H. Lopez, Houston, TX (US);
Michael James Ponstingl, St. Louis, MO (US);
J. Kevyn Smith, Houston, TX (US);
C. Mitch Means, Richmond, TX (US);
Mingdong Yuan, Missouri City, TX (US);
John L. Przybylinski, Missouri City, TX (US);
Thomas H. Lopez, Houston, TX (US);
Michael James Ponstingl, St. Louis, MO (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for controlling mineral scale deposition from a formation fluid. The rate at which scaling is occurring is measured in real time using an attenuated total reflectance probe and a photometer. The results are then used to determine whether to increase, decrease or leave unchanged addition of anti-scaling additives.