Water-soluble polymers for high-temperature resistant hydraulic fracturing: A review

J Du, J Liu, L Zhao, P Liu, X Chen, Q Wang… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water-soluble polymers, as thickeners, are the vital component of high temperature-resistant
fracturing fluids. With the expansion of oil and gas exploration and development to deep …

A review on the recent development of cyclodextrin-based materials used in oilfield applications

W Tang, C Zou, C Da, Y Cao, H Peng - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Cyclodextrin has been studied for more than 120 years. Due to the special structure and
selectivity of the cyclodextrin cavity, native cyclodextrins, cyclodextrin derivatives and …

Molecular dynamics simulations of supramolecular polymers within nanoconfinements for enhanced oil recovery

S Yuan, A Guo, H Zhang, Z Wang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular polymers offer promising potential for enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
advancing techniques. Current instrumental analyses face limitations in capturing …

Evaluation of temperature resistance of non chemical crosslinked double-tailed hydrophobically associating polymer fracturing fluid

Q Zhang, J Mao, Y Liao, T Xu, H Zhang, A Du… - Reactive and Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global spread of COVID-19 continues, industrial raw material production is being tested,
and the fracturing cost of oil and gas fields continues to rise, posing new challenges to …

Hydrophobic effect further improves the rheological behaviors and oil recovery of polyacrylamide/nanosilica hybrids at high salinity

L Xu, S Liu, Z Qiu, H Gong, H Fan, T Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study aims to improve the rheological behaviors and oil recovery of hydrolyzed
polyacrylamide (HPAM) at high salinity by introducing nanosilicas. It was found that the …

Can supramolecular polymers become another material choice for polymer flooding to enhance oil recovery?

L Sun, Z Zhang, K Leng, B Li, C Feng, X Huo - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
High molecular polymers have been widely studied and applied in the field of enhanced oil
recovery (EOR). At present, the focus of research has been changed to the design of …

Study on rheological behavior and salt-thickening mechanism of a synthesized twin-tailed hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide

W Kang, X Hou, C Chen, S Shao, X Zhang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide (HMPAM) is widely used in petroleum
development, whereas it still confronts challenges in high salinity reservoirs. In this work, a …

Preparation and solution properties of polyacrylamide-based silica nanocomposites for drag reduction application

L Xing, Y Ke, X Hu, P Liang - New journal of chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Drag reducers (DRs) have a significant effect on shale hydraulic fracturing. Hence, it is very
essential to develop excellent DRs for engineering applications. In this work, a novel …

A graft-modification of chitosan with twin-tail hydrophobic association polymer for enhance oil recovery

J Yu, S Gou, Q Li, C Peng, L Zhou, L Liu, L Tang… - Chemical Physics …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the development of oil and gas production technologies, some commonly used oilfield
chemicals can no longer meet the requirements of production. A modified chitosan …

A hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose-based graft copolymer with excellent thermothickening and anti-salt ability for enhanced oil recovery

S Wang, P Xiong, X Liu, F Meng, Q Ma, C Song… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thermothickening polymers are a novel type of material developed for enhanced oil
recovery applications in high-temperature and high-salinity oil reservoirs. However, the …