Tipping the Scale - Session 1

Description: During this session, our experts will discuss the various options available to address your mineral scale challenges, including treatments designed to prevent near wellbore/tubing deposition and solutions to mitigate scaling in wells aggravated by artificial lift systems. An enhanced surveillance program is a critical element of a scale control program. Presenters Clare Johnston and Louise Sutherland will share best practices in ensuring a holistic understanding of the performance of your scale management program’s performance.
Presenter: Clare Johnston, Senior Staff Scientist
About Clare: Clare has a BSc (Hons) in Applied Chemistry and has worked in technical roles in the upstream oil and gas industry since 1998. Since joining ChampionX in 2002, Clare has been responsible for the qualification, design, and management of topside/downhole inorganic scale control programs within the Americas, North Sea, Middle East, and Asia Pacific.
Clare is the author or co-author of over 20 technical papers and is a frequent contributor to industry technical events on oilfield scale inhibition, including SPE, Tekna and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).


Presenter: Louise Sutherland, Lead Chemist – Scale
About Louise: Louise has a BSc (Hons) in Microbiology and has worked for ChampionX for over 12 years. She has significant experience in scale management – including scale threat review, chemical selection and qualification, field treatment modeling, deployment and monitoring.
Louise also manages our coreflood section and has experience in many different applications including scale, EOR, water injection and drag reducer applications.
Louise has authored and co-authored a number of technical papers and presented at various technical conferences including SPE, Royal Society of Chemistry and Tekna.