METHOD FOR SALT DEPOSIT PREDICTION Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC E21B37/00 

FIELD: oil production, particularly methods or apparatus for cleaning boreholes or wells.

SUBSTANCE: method involves determining concentration of salt-generation ions in formation water; calculating daily salt amount to be scaled on pipeline walls after mixing product of all wells; determining time of full pipeline blockage with salt from the following relation: T=π·D²·L·ρ_salt/4·Q_l·C_salt·K₁ , where T is time of full pipeline blockage with salt, days, D - inner pipeline diameter, m, L is pipeline length covered with salt deposits, ρ_salt is salt density, g/l, Q_l is summary water output from wells, m³/day, C_salt is total amount of salt-generation ions, g/l, K₁ is coefficient, which takes into consideration salt part to be scaled on pipeline wall.

EFFECT: increased prediction reliability of salt deposit prediction at early stage.

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