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barium scale 2
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DrillerNic
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We use basol- some kind of dissolver/ chelating agent to treat barium scale in our wells. Speak to a specialist chemicals company: (our chemical specialist is Roemex), and they'll help you out.
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Thanks for the valuable input!
The problem with barium scale that doesn't make it soluble in water though is that it reacts with different types of formation fluids to form barium sulfate or the like.
After speaking to some chemical guys, we've found that pre-treating the produced water in the well is the best way to keep barium scale out of a wellbore, that doesn't mean that it will keep it out altogether, but it at least it inhibits a build up of scale that must be milled out.
The problem with barium scale that doesn't make it soluble in water though is that it reacts with different types of formation fluids to form barium sulfate or the like.
After speaking to some chemical guys, we've found that pre-treating the produced water in the well is the best way to keep barium scale out of a wellbore, that doesn't mean that it will keep it out altogether, but it at least it inhibits a build up of scale that must be milled out.
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