Abstract
Different varieties of scales, such as iron sulfide (FeS) scale, and calcium carbonate (CaCO3), commonly precipitate within oil and gas production tubing, posing operational challenges and production losses. It is essential to implement efficient mitigation strategies and preserve production integrity to detect and characterize these scales in an accurate and efficient manner. Prior studies have explored Spectral induced Polarization (SIP) for the early detection of FeS within porous media, mainly for environmental applications or for identifying FeS in carbonate formations from the perspective of reservoir characterization. This study focuses on applying SIP to address production-related issues in production tubing. For this purpose, six actual subsurface scale samples were analyzed using X-ray Diffraction, X-ray Fluorescence, and SIP techniques. These samples were categorized into three primary groups based on their composition: Pyrrhotite, Goethite, and Calcium Sulfate Hydrate or Calcite. The results indicate that combining phase shift and conductivity as frequency functions makes it possible to develop an approach to classify and differentiate between various scale types. This information could be instrumental in developing methods that can be potentially integrated into tubing systems to detect and characterize the different scale types.
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