Experimental investigation of polymer induced fouling of heater tubes in the first-ever polymer flood pilot on Alaska North Slope

• Main Author: Dhaliwal, Anshul
• Other Authors: Dandekar, Abhijit, Zhang, Yin, Goering, Douglas J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Heat exchangers; Polymer flooding; Enhanced oil recovery; Petroleum engineering; Fouling; Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering; Fairbanks; Milne Point; Alaska North Slope; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12607

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2021 Mineral fouling in heat exchangers has been extensively investigated by researchers in recent times. The oil and gas industry has a long history of fouling issues in production systems as a result of produced fluids treatment. Due to decline in prod...