On the role of polymer viscoelasticity in enhanced oil recovery: Extensive laboratory data and review

A Rock, RE Hincapie, M Tahir, N Langanke, L Ganzer - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polymer flooding most commonly uses partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamides (HPAM)
injected to increase the declining oil production from mature fields. Apart from the improved …

Lattice Boltzmann modeling of the apparent viscosity of thinning–elastic fluids in porous media

C Xie, MT Balhoff - Transport in Porous Media, 2021 - Springer
Many non-Newtonian fluids, including polymers, exhibit both shear-thinning and viscoelastic
rheological properties. A lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is developed for simulation of the flow …

Investigation of Foam Flooding Assisted by Non-Newtonian and Novel Newtonian Viscosifying Agents for Enhanced Oil Recovery

SM Hosseini-Nasab, M Rezaee, M Taal, PLJ Zitha - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
One of the main reasons for foam flooding enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is mobilizing oil left
in the reservoir after primary recovery (depletion by pressure difference solely) and water …

Unlocking the effects of fluid optimization on remaining oil saturation for the combined sulfate-modified water and polymer flooding

M Tahir, RE Hincapie, L Ganzer - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Interfacial interactions and wettability alteration remain as the main recovery mechanism
when modified water is applied seeking to obtain higher oil recoveries. Fluid-fluid interaction …

An elongational and shear evaluation of polymer viscoelasticity during flow in porous media

M Tahir, RE Hincapie, L Ganzer - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper uses a combination of approaches to evaluate the viscoelastic phenomenon in
high-molecular-weight polymers (24–28 M Daltons) used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) …

Temperature-dependent viscometry of baobab pectin (Adansonia digitata L.)

S Muyambo, JA Urombo - African Scientific Reports, 2024 - asr.nsps.org.ng
This study uses the Arrhenius-type equation and the Frenkel-Eyring equation to evaluate the
viscosity-temperature dependency of the baobab pectin (BoP) solution at 278.16-353.16 K …

[PDF][PDF] Polymer Injection Performance in Multi Porous Medium

T Oluwaseun, B Kelani, O Olalekan - academia.edu
Polymer injection as come of age in Chemical enhanced or improved Oil recovery
(CEOR/CIOR) over the years. The technology as grew from several experimental studies to …

[HTML][HTML] Research on Optimization of Reservoir Perforation Position in Offshore Polymer Flooding Oilfield

L Ge, X Wang, X Zhu, Z Zhu, Z Meng - Journal of Power and Energy …, 2019 - scirp.org
In order to enhance the effect of polymer flooding in offshore oilfields, so as to realize the
longer stable production period and higher oil recovery, the reservoir perforation positions of …