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The Flow Assurance and Scale Team (FAST) in the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University is a 25 person strong team that conducts research on the prediction and prevention of oilfield scale. Scale deposits – such as calcium carbonate and barium sulphate - cause production difficulties by growing on metal surfaces (such as well bores) and in porous media (such as reservoir rocks), causing restrictions to fluid flow. The use of chemical scale inhibitors has been widely adopted as a method to control scale formation.