Chemicals in the oil industry : Developments and applications

 Content: Future market aspects of oilfield speciality chemicals, C.W. Houston; chemicals in oil production - a producer's perceived needs, D. Callaghan; chemical enhanced oil recovery methods in the Eastern European countries and in the USSR, J. Toth et al; minimizing the environmental impact of drilling operations, R.C. Minton; drilling fluids and wellbore stability - current performance and future challenges, L. Bailey et al; chemical-based drill cutting cleaning systems, M.T. McKectinie; development of new water based mud formulations, R. Bland; water based muds for drilling high pressure, high temperature wells, J.W. Plank; correlation between interfacial tension values, micellar structure and the macroscopic properties of surfactant systems, H. Hoffmann; aspects of saline and heat stable polymers for enhanced oil recovery, S.P. von Halasz; surfactant flooding - problems and prospects, P.L. Bondor; on minimizing adsorption of foam-forming surfactants in porous media, J.J. Novosad; an assessment of the suitability of acid stimulation for Clyde production wells, C.A. Cade et al; the use of adsorption thermodynamics in the development of scale inhibitors for high barium content oilfield brines, P.J. Breen et al; derivation of scale inhibitor adsorption isotherms for oil reservoir squeeze treatments, K.S. Sorbie et al; tailoring aromatic hydrocarbons for asphaltene removal, C.W. Benson et al; the use of oilfield chemicals in the Norwegian Shelf, P.A. Read; corrosion inhibitors in oil and gas production - critical notes on application, J.van Dijk; membranes and their use in the treatment of oily waters, J. Koning and D.M. Koenhen; European patents in the oil industry, E. Waeckerlin; surfactants in oil production, H.M. Muijs; new developments in the use of sulfur transfer agents for the reduction of SOx emissions from fluid catalytic cracking units, J.R. Pierce and P.H. Desai; MTBE and TAME - from speciality chemical to oil commodities, C.P. Halsig et al; zeolites and their use in petroleum refining, J. Weitkamp and S. Ernst.