A comprehensive review of experimental evaluation methods and results of polymer micro/nanogels for enhanced oil recovery and reduced water production

J Liu, A Almakimi, M Wei, B Bai, IA Hussein - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, polymer micro/nanogels which are re-crosslinked polymers with 3D
networks, have attracted a lot of interest in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) field. In size of …

Permeation-diffusion characteristics and air-leakage blocking mechanism for the fire-extinguishing inorganic gel flows in loose broken coal particles

H Li, M Wu, Z Liu, F Wang, N Yang, R Lou, C Qin, M Yu… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Fire prevention with inorganic gel is the most efficient approach to the prevention and control
for spontaneous fires of loose coal piles. This work explores the impact of grouting pressures …

Experimental and theoretical investigation of the migration and plugging of the particle in porous media based on elastic properties

X Chen, Y Li, Z Liu, J Zhang, X Li - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Particle migration in porous media is of great significance in the areas of formation-water
filtration and oil field development. The current theories and methods ignore the effect of …

Carbonated polymeric nanofluids for enhanced oil recovery from sandstone reservoir

KR Chaturvedi, T Sharma - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymeric nanoparticle (NP) suspensions are colloidal suspensions where NPs (size≤ 100
nm) are suspended in the polymer-enhanced base fluid, mainly water. Compared to water or …

Review of the application of environmentally responsive gels in drilling and oil recovery engineering: Synthetic materials, mechanism, and application prospect

J Yang, J Sun, Y Bai, K Lv, Z Wang, C Xu, L Dai… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, environmentally responsive gel has gradually become the focus of attention
in the oilfield, and it is also a new research direction in the field of lost circulation control and …

Investigation of Polymer-Assisted CO2 Flooding to Enhance Oil Recovery in Low-Permeability Reservoirs

X Chen, Y Li, X Sun, Z Liu, J Liu, S Liu - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
CO2 flooding is a favorable technical means for the efficient development of low-
permeability reservoirs, and it can also contribute to the realization of net-zero CO2 …

[HTML][HTML] Double network self-healing hydrogel based on hydrophobic association and ionic bond for formation plugging

YR Bai, QT Zhang, JS Sun, GC Jiang, KH Lv - Petroleum Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Self-healing hydrogels have attracted tremendous attention in the field of oil and gas drilling
and production engineering because of their excellent self-healing performance after …

The utilization of self-crosslinkable nanoparticles as high-temperature plugging agent in water-based drilling fluid

M Lei, W Huang, J Sun, Z Jin, X Huang - SPE Journal, 2022 - onepetro.org
The increasing exploration of oil/gas resources in unconventional reservoirs, such as deep
layers and shale formation, hinges on the development of high-performance drilling fluids …

Nanoscale polyacrylamide copolymer/silica hydrogel microspheres with high compressive strength and satisfactory dispersion stability for efficient profile control and …

Z Li, T Zhao, W Lv, B Ma, Q Hu, X Ma… - Industrial & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polyacrylamide (PAM)-based microspheres are commonly used as water plugging and
profile control agents, but the poor mechanical strength and few studies on the dispersion …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation on the enhanced oil recovery efficiency of polymeric surfactant: Matching relationship with core and emulsification ability

X Chen, YQ Li, ZY Liu, WB Gao, MY Sui - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The polymeric surfactant can be used as an efficient agent for enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
because of its large bulk viscosity and good interfacial activity. However, there is a sparse …