Patent ID: 6913081

Claim:
A method for inhibiting the formation of scale and the production of water in a well in a subterranean formation having at least one water production zone comprising: shutting in the well; injecting a water control treatment into the water production zone, where the water control treatment is selected from the group consisting of relative permeability modifier treatment (RPMT) and treatments using a material selected from the group consisting of cross-linked polysaccharides, polyacrylamides; silica gels, resins and cement, and polysaccharides and polyacrylamides in their hydrolysed, non-ionic and cationic forms, non-crosslinked polysaccharides and non-crosslinked polyacrylamides, and combinations thereof; squeezing a scale inhibitor into the water production zone before, during or after injecting the water control treatment; soaking in the well; and back producing the well.