摘要 |
Docket 860025-A PREVENTING PLUGGING BY INSOLUBLE SALTS IN A HYDROCARBON-BEARING FORMATION AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION WELLS Plugging in fluid passageways of a subterranean hydrocarbonbearing formation or associated production wells caused by the accumulation of insoluble salt precipitates therein which results from an in situ interaction between precipitate precursor ions in an injection water and resident ions already occurring in the formation is prevented by removing the precursor ions from the injection water by a reverse osmosis membrane before injecting the water into the formation. RFB/jaa |