Review of the micro and Macro mechanisms of gel-based plugging agents for enhancing oil recovery of unconventional water flooding oil reservoirs

Y Bai, W Pu, X Jin, C Shen, H Ren - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, gel plugging agents had made significant contributions to addressing water
channeling and water flooding issues in water-flooded oil reservoirs. To meet the demands …

Enhanced oil recovery mechanism and technical boundary of gel foam profile control system for heterogeneous reservoirs in Changqing

LL Wang, TF Wang, JX Wang, HT Tian, Y Chen… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
The gel plugging and flooding system has a long history of being researched and applied,
but the Changqing reservoir geological characteristics are complex, and the synergistic …

N2 Foam Flooding Combined with Gel Plugging for Enhanced Oil Recovery in High-Temperature Reservoirs: Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Simulations

H Hao, J Li, S Deng, B Xian, Z Tang, S Yang, J Hou - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
The high-temperature reservoir (105° C) in the Liubei block of Jidong Oilfield, with severe
longitudinal heterogeneity, has entered a high water-cut stage. After a preliminary profile …

Minireview on Plugging Agents for High-Conductivity Channels in Reservoirs

H Zhang, M Li, C Cai, S Zhang, W Liu, Z Ma… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Most mature reservoirs in China are facing severe conformance problems causing
excessive water production, high water cuts, and low recovery factors due to the severe …

Preparation of Low-Viscosity Epoxy Resin Sealing Agent and Evaluation of Injection, Plugging, and Degradation Properties

Y Chen, Y Li, Y Peng, D Zhang, J Ye, Y Jiang - ACS omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
The technology of water plugging and increasing production in high water cut reservoirs of
low permeability is a common problem in the industry. Epoxy resin, displaying excellent …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of a 'Simple, Fast and Accurate'Evaluation Method for Profile Control and Plugging Effect of Gel Plugging Agent Based on Simulations

Z Wang, J Jiang, W Huang, Y Gan, Y Bai - Gels, 2025 - mdpi.com
At present, the evaluation perspective of the gel plugging agent assessment method is
incomprehensive, due to which the experimental results deviate from the field data. By …

Laboratory Evaluation and Field Application of a Gas-Soluble Plugging Agent: Development of Bottom Water Plugging Fracturing Technology

A Hu, K Li, Y Feng, H Fu, Y Zhong - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The currently reported bottom water sealing materials and fracturing technologies can hardly
simultaneously achieve the high production and low water cut of gas reservoirs due to the …