On the role of polymer viscoelasticity in enhanced oil recovery: Extensive laboratory data and review

A Rock, RE Hincapie, M Tahir, N Langanke, L Ganzer - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polymer flooding most commonly uses partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamides (HPAM)
injected to increase the declining oil production from mature fields. Apart from the improved …

Impact of mechanical degradation on polymer injectivity in porous media

B Al-Shakry, T Skauge, B Shaker Shiran, A Skauge - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Polymer flooding is an established enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method; still, many aspects
of polymer flooding are not well understood. This study investigates the influence of …

Influence of Sulfate Ions on the Combined Application of Modified Water and Polymer Flooding—Rheology and Oil Recovery

M Tahir, RE Hincapie, L Ganzer - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Oil recovery using modified/smart water technology can be maximized by optimizing the
composition of the injected water. Brine optimization is also believed to improve polymer …

[图书][B] The effect of polymer viscoelasticity on residual oil saturation

P Qi - 2018 - search.proquest.com
Water-based polymers are often used to improve oil recovery by increasing sweep
efficiency. However, recent laboratory and field work have suggested these polymers, which …

Coupling microfluidics data with core flooding experiments to understand sulfonated/polymer water injection

M Tahir, RE Hincapie, N Langanke, L Ganzer, P Jaeger - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The injection of sulfonated-modified water could be an attractive application as it results in
the formation of a mechanically rigid oil-water interface, and hence, possible higher oil …

[HTML][HTML] Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of permeability changes during EOR polymer flooding using micromodels

LO Knobloch, REH Reina, H Födisch… - World Journal of …, 2018 - scirp.org
Polymer solutions are used in chemical EOR processes to achieve incremental oil
recoveries through obtaining favorable mobility ratios. In the process, the in-situ viscosity is a …

Impact of sulphates presence during application of smart water flooding combined with polymer flooding

M Tahir, RE Hincapie, H Foedisch… - SPE Europec featured …, 2018 - onepetro.org
Abstract Oil recovery using Smart Water technology (SWF) can be maximized by optimizing
the composition of injected water. Brine optimization is also believed to improve Polymer …

黏弹性聚合物驱渗流机理研究进展

钟会影, 史博文, 毕永斌, 沈文霞, 许严芮, 尹洪军… - 力学学报, 2023 - lxxb.cstam.org.cn
聚合物驱已成为国内外化学驱中提高原油采收率主要方法之一, 其在大庆油田的60
年开发稳产中起到重要作用, 在水驱基础上提高原油采收率达到约13%. 聚合物驱主要机理为 …

Molecular morphology and viscoelasticity of ASP solution under the action of a different medium injection tool

B Huang, X Hu, C Fu, H Cheng, X Wang, L Wang - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
In order to improve the oil displacement effect of alkali/surfactant/polymer (ASP) solution in
low-permeability oil layers, Daqing Oilfield has proposed a separate injection technology …

Unlocking the effects of fluid optimization on remaining oil saturation for the combined sulfate-modified water and polymer flooding

M Tahir, RE Hincapie, L Ganzer - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Interfacial interactions and wettability alteration remain as the main recovery mechanism
when modified water is applied seeking to obtain higher oil recoveries. Fluid-fluid interaction …