Polymeric surfactants for enhanced oil recovery: A review of recent progress

F Afolabi, SM Mahmood, N Yekeen, S Akbari… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) is a well-recognized technique for exploiting the
original oil in place (OOIP) left behind in subsurface petroleum reservoirs after primary and …

Perspective Review of polymers as additives in water-based fracturing fluids

S Al-Hajri, BM Negash, MM Rahman, M Haroun… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
After successful implementation for more than 6 decades by the oil and gas industry,
hydraulic fracturing remains the pioneer well stimulation method to date. Polymers are one …

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Polyacrylamide Adsorption on Calcite

KY Hue, JH Lew, MM Myo Thant, OK Matar… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
In poorly consolidated carbonate rock reservoirs, solids production risk, which can lead to
increased environmental waste, can be mitigated by injecting formation-strengthening …

Polymer screening for efficient water cut reduction in a sandstone oilfield in Kazakhstan

D Yerniyazov, M Yesmukhambet, R Kenes, A Bukayev… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymer flooding is one of the most widely used and effective enhanced oil recovery
techniques. It can improve the macroscopic sweep efficiency of a reservoir by controlling the …

A single-molecule study on polymer fluid dynamics in porous media

A Sugar, M Serag, U Buttner, S Habuchi, H Hoteit - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the dynamic behavior of polymeric fluids in porous media is essential for vast
geoscience applications, particularly enhanced oil recovery and polymer-enhanced soil …

Experimental investigation and development of correlation for static and dynamic polymer adsorption in porous media

S Al-Hajri, SM Mahmood, S Akbari, H Abdulelah… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Part of the injected polymer during polymer flooding is lost in porous media by adsorption,
mechanical entrapment, and hydrodynamic retention. Therefore, having a clear …

Effect of Silica Nanoparticles on Polymer Adsorption Reduction on Marcellus Shale

S Al-Hajri, BM Negash, MM Rahman, M Haroun… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymers play a major role in developing rheology of fracturing fluids for multistage
hydraulic fracturing horizontal wells in unconventional reservoirs. Reducing the amount of …

Experimental and numerical investigation of polymer pore-clogging in micromodels

A Sugar, M Serag, U Buttner, M Fahs, S Habuchi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Polymers have been used effectively in the Oil & Gas Industry for a variety of field
applications, such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR), well conformance, mobility control, and …

Dynamics of HPAM flow and injectivity in sandstone porous media

MS Mousapour, M Simjoo, M Chahardowli… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Polymer flooding is a prominent chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) method that
involves the injection of polymer solution into the oil reservoirs to improve the sweep …

Visualization of polymer retention mechanisms in porous media using microfluidics

A Sugar, MF Serag, VA Torrealba, U Buttner… - SPE Europec featured …, 2020 - onepetro.org
Understanding polymer transport through porous media is key to successful field
implementations, including well conformance control and EOR processes. Polymer retention …