New surface treatment stops scale buildup

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 07:10 in Physics & Chemistry

Scale, as these deposits are known, causes inefficiencies, downtime, and maintenance issues. In the oil and gas industry, scale has sometimes led to the complete shutdown, at least temporarily, of operating wells. So addressing this problem could have a big payoff.

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