Scaling Problems in Western Siberia

A I Voloshin; V V Ragulin; N E Tyabayeva; I I Diakonov; Eric James Mackay

doi:10.2118/80407-MS

Scaling Problems in Western Siberia

A I Voloshin, V V Ragulin, N E Tyabayeva, I I Diakonov, Eric James Mackay

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Abstract

Yukos Oil Company is the second largest oil production company in Russia, and produces 1.2 million barrels daily, with > 60% of this coming from fields in W. Siberia. Base oil and gas production units are located in the European part of Russia (OAO Samaraneftegaz) and W. Siberia (OAO Yuganskneftegaz and OAO Tomskneft VNK) [1]. This production comes from a variety of fields, and it is common for these fields to produce at significant water cuts. Produced water leads to several production and cleanup problems (since it is also re-injected), one of these being the problem of mineral scale. The most common scale is calcium carbonate and this is found in both mild and more severe scaling cases. Sulfate deposits are present too in minimal amounts. However, a feature of the W. Siberian reservoirs is that they have many thousands of wells. Therefore, although the technical problem of treating a single well may not be large, the approach and logistics to protect such a large number of wells is a significant challenge. In this paper we survey the problems of scale in these W. Siberian fields and we outline how Yukos has approached this challenge.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Symposium on Oilfield Scale
Place of Publication	United States
Publisher	Society of Petroleum Engineers
ISBN (Print)	9781555639563
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2118/80407-MS
Publication status	Published - 29 Jan 2003
Event	SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Scale 2003 - Aberdeen, United Kingdom Duration: 29 Jan 2003 → 30 Jan 2003

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Conference	SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Scale 2003
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Aberdeen
Period	29/01/03 → 30/01/03

Keywords

wax inhibition
scale inhibition
hydrate remediation
western siberia
siberia
reservoir characterization
operation
carbonate
ion composition
production chemistry

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Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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