Oilfield Chemistry at Thermal Extremes

Rishat Radikovich Yamilov Sibneft-Khantos Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia For help in preparation of this article, thanks to Jean-Philippe Bedel, Liz Morris and the staff of the Aberdeen CSL; Brett Cardwell, Marie Dessinges, Mike Parris and Paulo Rubinstein, Sugar Land, Texas; Terry Dammel, Emmanuel Therond and the staff of the Houston CSL; Chris Fredd, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Mitch Gentry, Bakersfield, California; Paul Howard and the staff of the NSA Stimulation CSL, Sugar Land, Texas; Andre Rainey, Midland, Texas; Henk Romijn and the staff of the Well Services Safety and Environment group, Moerdijk, The Netherlands; the staff of the Kuala Lumpur CSL, Malaysia; and the staff of the Tyumen CSL, Russia. BIGORANGE, CemCRETE, DeepCEM, DeepCRETE, GASBLOK, PowerCLEAN, SuperX, SXE and YF“GO” are marks of Schlumberger. The thermometer is running both ways for the E&P industry—oilfield activities are