Over the past three years, the Oilfield Scale Research Group at Heriot-Watt has conducted a number field studies to evaluated scale inhibitors for both downhole squeeze application and topside continuous injection for a number of North Sea operating companies. This paper presents an approach for screening commercial sulphate and carbonate scale inhibitors for field application. The screening results, which include data from static/dynamic inhibitor efficiency, static adsorption, compatibility and thermal stability are used to rank the performance of commercial scale inhibitors. From this short list, a small number (1 to 3) candidate products are taken on to reservoir condition coreflooding. In the screening of topside scale inhibitors, no adsorption tests are conducted.Results from adsorption and precipitation type corefloods will be compared for polymer and phosphonate chemistries selected using these screening procedures. Such corefloods serve both to evaluate the squeeze lifetime performance and to assess the levels of formation damage caused by the scale inhibitor package. The strategy of deriving a dynamic isotherm which can be utilised in computer modelling of the coreflood data to produce a "Field Squeeze Strategy" will be outlined. This systematic approach provides a set of effective and economical methods for the chemical screening of scale inhibitors. This results in an improved field application strategy with longer squeeze lifetimes, while minimising formation damage potential.