Dr Scott Shaw

Profile

Research Associate

Institute of Petroleum Engineering

Phone: +44 (0) 131 451 4336

Email: scott.shaw@pet.hw.ac.uk

Address:

• Jim Brown Building, Room A2.12
  Heriot-Watt University
  Edinburgh
  EH14 4AS

Research Associate, Flow Assurance and Scale Team (FAST)

Research interests

• Production and operations
• Barium sulphate inhibition efficiency
• Scale inhibitor evaluation - phosphonates and polymers
• Scale inhibitor blends - synergistic studies
• Analytical chemistry

Research

• Static inhibition efficiency testing of scale inhibitors to establish performance/minimum inhibitor concentration (MIC).
• Detailed study into the effects of brine Ca2+, Mg2+ and pH upon SI functionality.
• SI consumption experiments, in which both Inhibition Efficiency (against barite) and supernatant scale inhibitor concentration are both assayed.
• Use of Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy (ICP) for the analysis of barium and scale inhibitor in test samples.
• Application of non-ICP analytical techniques such as Hyamine, Pinacyanol and Hach, for the analysis of selected scale inhibitors.

1. Shaw, S.S. & Sorbie, K.S. “The Effect of pH on Static Barium Sulphate Inhibition Efficiency and Minimum Inhibitor Concentration (MIC) of Generic Scale Inhibitors”, Paper SPE 155094, presented at the Eleventh SPE International Conference on Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, 30-31 May 2012.
2. Shaw, S.S., Welton, T.D. & Sorbie, K.S. “The Relation Between Barite Inhibition by Phosphonate Scale Inhibitors and the Structures of Phosphonate-Metal Complexes”, Paper SPE 155114, presented at the Eleventh SPE International Conference on Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, 30-31 May 2012.
3. Shaw, S.S., Sorbie, K.S. & Boak, L.S. “The Effects of Barium Sulphate Saturation Ratio, Calcium and Magnesium on the Inhibition Efficiency: I: Phosphonate Scale Inhibitors”, Paper SPE 130373, presented at the Tenth SPE International Conference on Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, 26-27 May 2010.
4. Shaw, S.S., Sorbie, K.S. & Boak, L.S. “The Effects of Barium Sulphate Saturation Ratio, Calcium and Magnesium on the Inhibition Efficiency: II: Polymeric Scale Inhibitors”, Paper SPE 130374, presented at the Tenth SPE International Conference on Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, 26-27 May 2010.

• 1999-2000: Junior Scientist (full-time), Department of Bio-analytical Chemistry, Charles River Laboratories (formerly Inveresk Research International), Tranent, East Lothian, EH33 2NE.
• 2000-2003: Completed BSc Applied Chemistry with Distinction, Edinburgh Napier University, Merchiston, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT.
• 2003-2007: In full-time employment.
• 2007-2012: PhD Research Student, Flow Assurance and Scale Team (FAST), Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS.
• June 2012: Research Associate, Flow Assurance and Scale Team (FAST), Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS.

Extended versions of the 2 SPE papers which were submitted to the Tenth SPE International Conference on Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, 26-27 May 2010 (SPE 130373 and SPE 130374) have been accepted for inclusion in the SPE Production and Operations Journal.  These extended versions of these 2 SPE papers will appear in an issue of this Journal in 2012.

Awards

• Edinburgh Napier University: University Medal for BSc Applied Chemistry, 2002-2003.