Progress of polymer gels for conformance control in oilfield

W Kang, X Kang, ZA Lashari, Z Li, B Zhou… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
For the past decades, long-term water flooding processes have led to water channeling in
mature reservoirs, which is a severe problem in oilfields. The development of better plugging …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of in-situ polymer gel simulation for conformance control

B Bai, J Leng, M Wei - Petroleum Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Gel treatment has been widely applied in mature oilfields to improve sweep efficiency and
control water production. Correct numerical simulation is of major importance to the …

Polymer gel systems for water management in high-temperature petroleum reservoirs: a chemical review

D Zhu, B Bai, J Hou - Energy & fuels, 2017 - ACS Publications
Polymer gel systems as water management materials have been widely used in recent
years for enhanced oil recovery applications. However, most polymer gel systems are …

Polymer systems for water shutoff and profile modification: a review over the last decade

KS El-Karsani, GA Al-Muntasheri, IA Hussein - Spe Journal, 2014 - onepetro.org
Unwanted water production is a serious issue in oil-and gas-producing wells. It causes
corrosion, scale, and loss of productivity. One method of treating this problem is to …

Boron removal by electrocoagulation: Removal mechanism, adsorption models and factors influencing removal

M Chen, O Dollar, K Shafer-Peltier, S Randtke… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Boron (B), normally present in ground water and sea water, is a vital micronutrient for plants,
but is also toxic in excessive amounts. Under typical conditions, aqueous boron is present …

Engineering tenofovir loaded chitosan nanoparticles to maximize microbicide mucoadhesion

J Meng, TF Sturgis, BBC Youan - European Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2011 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to engineer a model anti-HIV microbicide (tenofovir) loaded
chitosan based nanoparticles (NPs). Box–Behnken design allowed to assess the influence …

Experimental investigation on the nanosilica-reinforcing polyacrylamide/polyethylenimine hydrogel for water shutoff treatment

L Chen, J Wang, L Yu, Q Zhang, M Fu, Z Zhao… - Energy & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polyacrylamide hydrogel used in conformance control is subjected to poor stability at an
elevated temperature. In this paper, nanosilica has been found to be a very effective …

低初黏可控聚合物凝胶在油藏深部优势渗流通道的封堵方法及应用

程杰成, 周泉, 周万富, 王庆国, 施伟光 - 石油学报, 2020 - syxb-cps.com.cn
聚合物凝胶调剖技术可以有效治理水驱油层水流优势渗流通道并提高采收率.
通过建立凝胶调剖剂在非均质渗透层间渗流的理论模型, 分析了凝胶调剖剂的黏度对优势渗流 …

Nanotechnology applied to thermal enhanced oil recovery processes: A review

OE Medina, C Olmos, SH Lopera, FB Cortés… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The increasing demand for fossil fuels and the depleting of light crude oil in the next years
generates the need to exploit heavy and unconventional crude oils. To face this challenge …

Experimental investigation of the novel phenol− formaldehyde cross-linking HPAM gel system: Based on the secondary cross-linking method of organic cross-linkers …

H Jia, WF Pu, JZ Zhao, R Liao - Energy & fuels, 2011 - ACS Publications
The use of a polymer gel is an effective method for water shutoff in mature oilfield
development. As for fractured reservoirs, in order to mitigate the filtration of gelant (fluid …