Method for scale treatment optimization
AssigneeNextStream Sensor, LLC
InventorsJianmin Zhang, Michael Salerno, Sam Stroder, Qiliang Wang
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A system and method for preventing scale in a well. The system includes a conduit providing fluid communication between a first location and a second location and a sensor at the second location configured to measure scale deposition in the fluid and a value of a fluid parameter. A scale deposition at the first location is determined from the scale deposition at the second location and the fluid parameter at the second location. A scale inhibitor is injected at the first location based on the determined scale deposition at the first location.
Claims12
A method of preventing scale in a well, comprising:
- receiving a fluid at a second location in fluid communication with a first location, the first location being in the well;
- measuring, via a sensor at the second location, scale deposition in the fluid and a value of a fluid parameter as the fluid is flowing through a conduit;
- determining, from the scale deposition at the second location and the fluid parameter at the second location, scale deposition at the first location;
- and
- injecting a scale inhibitor at the first location based on the determined scale deposition at the first location.
A system for scale prevention, comprising:
- a conduit for fluid communication between a first location in a well and a second location outside the well;
- a sensor at the second location configured to measure scale deposition in the fluid and a value of a fluid parameter in the fluid as the fluid is flowing through the conduit;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine, from the scale deposition at the second location and the value of the fluid parameter at the second location, scale deposition at the first location, and
- inject a scale inhibitor at the first location based on the determined scale deposition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.