Tackle scale, decontaminate naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM), and decommission with efficiency.
Novel scale dissolver removes calcium carbonate scale in deepwater well
Published: 10/13/2023
Novel scale dissolver removes calcium carbonate scale in deepwater well
Published: 10/13/2023
 
            Technology
CAL-Acid scale dissolver
A customer operating one of the largest deepwater producing fields in the Gulf of Mexico was preparing for a significant intervention for water shutoff and asphaltene removal when CaCO3 scale was discovered just below the subsurface safety valve (SSSV). The scale blockage prevented the use of downhole tools to mitigate the effect of increased water production and sampling for assessing asphaltene onset conditions. Corrosion experts were against pumping HCl downhole to remove the scale because of corrosion concerns for the completion.