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Chemistry in Brine Production - DAY 1 USING SCALECHEM
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This 1-day short course and workshop combines lecture, discussion, and software application to explain both brine chemistry principles and hands-on electrolyte simulation techniques. We have taken our 4-day intensive upstream chemistry class and condensed it to a focused, single-day class that uses the OLI software ScaleChem for simulations. We present concise discussions of chemistry principles important to production engineering, including scale tendencies, activity coefficients, equilibrium constants, and speciation.  We have included additional discussions including field problems associated with halite/saturated brine production. Participants will learn how to use ScaleChem's software features to answer questions about their current production applications. Each Participant will receive a 30-day license to ScaleChem, if they do not already have access to this software. component.

Day 1 Chemistry in Brine Production - using ScaleChem

Day 1 will include ScaleChem training plus discussions on scale tendency and the chemistry of oilfield scales. 

• The simplest query : scaling scenarios
• Add and reconcile a brine
• Add a Scale Scenario
• Lecture / discussion : Mineral scaling and scaling tendency calculations
• Gas and hydrocarbons
• Add a gas
• Add and reconcile an oil analysis
• More complex calculations
• Reservoir saturation
• Mixing brines
• Lecture / discussion : Alkalinity, pH and Carbonate system
• Formulating facilities simulations
• Lecture / discussion : Common mineral scales
• CaCO₃, BaSO₄, SrSO₄
    
• CaSO₄.nH₂O, NaCl
• (Fe, Zn, and Pb)S, CaF₂
       
• Case studies