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 …

Multiphase displacement manipulated by micro/nanoparticle suspensions in porous media via microfluidic experiments: From interface science to multiphase flow …

W Lei, X Lu, M Wang - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Multiphase displacement in porous media can be adjusted by micro/nanoparticle
suspensions, which is widespread in many scientific and industrial contexts. Direct …

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 …

Emulsification in a microfluidic flow-focusing device: Effect of the dispersed phase viscosity

Z Liu, M Chai, X Chen, SH Hejazi, Y Li - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Flow regimes of two immiscible liquids are experimentally investigated in a rectangular
microchannel using a water–oil system. Oil-water viscosity ratios are varied from 0.2 to 75 …

[PDF][PDF] Experimental investigation on plugging performance of nanospheres in low-permeability reservoir with bottom water.

M Tang, C Wang, H Yang, J Lu… - Advances in Geo …, 2022 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The oil production rate decreases rapidly after a short period of high yield from acidizing or
fracturing in low-permeability reservoirs. In this paper, nanospheres are applied before the …

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] 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 …

Effects of viscosification, ultra-low interfacial tension, and emulsification on heavy oil recovery by combination flooding

Z Zhang, Y Wang, M Ding, D Mao, M Chen… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy oil recovery mechanisms by combination flooding have well recognized as
viscosification, ultra-low interface tension (IFT) and emulsification, however, the role or …

Functional characteristics and dominant enhanced oil recovery mechanism of polymeric surfactant

L Dong, Y Li, J Wen, W Gao, Y Tian, Q Deng… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are more than 40% remaining oil trapped in the reservoir in the mature oilfield even
after second and tertiary recovery processes. High performance chemical agent was …

A Systematic Method to Investigate the EOR Mechanism of Nanospheres: Laboratory Experiments from Core to Micro Perspective

H Yu, S Wang, H Yang, Y Yang, J Zhang, Y Wang… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanospheres have been used as an available plugging material to solve the problem of
water intrusion, which is of crucial importance to enhanced oil recovery (EOR). However, the …