Investigating the effects of reaction time on scaling dynamics in produced water and its implications for enhanced re-injection practices
Seyed Alireza Mostafavi, Siavash Riahi, Marzieh Mavaddat · 2026
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Seyed Alireza Mostafavi's team studied scale buildup in 2026 in produced water from two oil fields, asking how reaction time changes what precipitates before reinjection. Produced water is voluminous and toxic, reinjection is the favored disposal route, yet mixing incompatible waters drops mineral scale that clogs systems. Samples were mixed and filtered after one day versus fourteen days under field conditions, with scale chemistry checked by electron microscopy.
One-day scales exceeded five hundred milligrams per liter, while fourteen-day scales fell below one hundred fifty, meaning over three hundred fifty milligrams redissolved, though some scale types grew instead. Oilfield engineers get a kinetics lesson: holding time reshapes scale, so retention design can cut or worsen clogging. Pre-treatment plans should account for time, not just water chemistry.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Seyed Alireza Mostafavi, Siavash Riahi, Marzieh Mavaddat |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |