Scale Prevention Treatment Method, System, and Apparatus for Wellbore Stimulation

Abstract

A method of servicing a wellbore comprising placing a wellbore servicing apparatus into a wellbore, wherein the wellbore servicing apparatus contains a plurality of mobilized template-assisted crystallization beads and contacting a fluid comprising scale-forming ions with at least a portion of the template-assisted crystallization beads. A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising contacting a fluid comprising scale-forming ions with a quantity of template-assisted crystallization beads in a vessel to form a treated fluid, wherein the template-assisted crystallization beds are mobile within the vessel and placing the treated fluid into a wellbore, a subterranean formation, or a combination thereof.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wellbore servicing apparatus, comprising:
 a housing;   a mandrel within the housing;   an annular space between an outer circumferential surface of the mandrel and an inner circumferential surface of the housing;   a plurality of mobilized template-assisted crystallization beads within the annular space;   a flowpath between an interior and an exterior of the wellbore servicing apparatus that is in fluid communication with the annular space such that a fluid may flow through the annular space and contact the template-assisted crystallization beads.   
     
     
         2 . The wellbore servicing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the template-assisted crystallization beads are configured to induce a turbulent flow of a wellbore fluid as the wellbore fluid passes through the annular space. 
     
     
         3 . The wellbore servicing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises helical coiled tubing, a screen, or both. 
     
     
         4 . The wellbore servicing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the mandrel comprises helical coiled tubing, a screen, or both. 
     
     
         5 . The wellbore servicing apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the mandrel comprises helical coiled tubing, a screen, or both. 
     
     
         6 . The wellbore servicing apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more packer elements. 
     
     
         7 . The wellbore servicing apparatus of  claim 5 , further comprising one or more packer elements. 
     
     
         8 . The wellbore servicing apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the one or more packer elements further comprise a plurality of sealing elements and a slip-wedge system. 
     
     
         9 . The wellbore servicing apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the one or more packer elements further comprise a plurality of sealing elements and a slip-wedge system. 
     
     
         10 . The wellbore servicing apparatus of  claim 6  configured as a production packer. 
     
     
         11 . The wellbore servicing apparatus of  claim 9  configured as a production packer. 
     
     
         12 . A fluid treatment system comprising:
 a fluid source;   a vessel in fluid communication with the fluid source and receiving fluid therefrom, wherein the vessel contains a plurality of mobilized template-assisted crystallization beads; and   a wellhead in fluid communication with the vessel and receiving a treated fluid therefrom.   
     
     
         13 . The fluid treatment system of  claim 12 , wherein the template-assisted crystallization beads are configured to induce a turbulent flow of the fluid as the fluid passes through the vessel. 
     
     
         14 . The fluid treatment system of  claim 12 , wherein the mobilized template-assisted crystallization beads form a fluidized bed upon flow of the fluid there through. 
     
     
         15 . The fluid treatment system of  claim 14 , wherein the fluid is received proximate the bottom of the vessel, flows upward through the plurality of mobilized template-assisted crystallization beads thereby forming the fluidized bed, exits proximate the top of the vessel, and flows to the wellhead. 
     
     
         16 . A wellbore servicing system, comprising:
 a first flowpath, comprising:
 a first conduit from a fluid source to a vessel; 
 a chamber of the vessel; and 
 a second conduit from the chamber within the vessel to a wellbore, 
   a second flowpath, comprising:
 a space within the wellbore and exterior to a wellbore servicing apparatus; 
 a chamber of the wellbore servicing apparatus; and 
 a flowbore of the wellbore servicing apparatus, and 
   a plurality of mobilized template-assisted crystallization beads within the chamber of the vessel, within the chamber of the wellbore servicing apparatus, or a combination thereof.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the first flowpath is in fluid communication with the second flowpath. 
     
     
         18 . The fluid treatment system of  claim 17 , wherein the mobilized template-assisted crystallization beads are configured to induce a turbulent flow of a fluid. 
     
     
         19 . The fluid treatment system of  claim 17 , wherein the mobilized template-assisted crystallization beads form a fluidized bed upon flow of a fluid there through. 
     
     
         20 . The fluid treatment system of  claim 16 , wherein the wellbore servicing apparatus further comprises one or more packer elements.