Patent ID: 8381811

Claim:
A method of enhancing the adsorption of a salt inhibitor onto a wellbore region, the method comprising: preconditioning the wellbore region; emplacing the salt inhibitor into the wellbore region, wherein the salt inhibitor is selected from: and mixtures of these wherein X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur, and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and when present, R 5 and/or R 6 each independently comprise a functional group selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, an alkyl chain comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorous, silicon, selenium, and combinations thereof; and shutting in the well for a period of time sufficient to at least initiate adsorption of the salt inhibitor onto the wellbore region.