The biomaterials have gained the attention for utilization as sustainable alternatives for
petroleum-derived products due to the rapid depletion of petroleum resources and …

Excessive water production is one of the main problems of mature reservoirs, which reduces
hydrocarbon production and economic reservoir lifetime, and may pose severe …

Phenolic resin dispersed particle gel (PDPG) was successfully prepared from bulk gel by a
mechanical shearing method. The effects of bulk gel strength, shearing time, shearing rate …

Undesirable gas channeling always occurs along the high-permeability layers in
heterogeneous oil reservoirs during water-alternating-CO 2 (WAG) flooding, and …

A novel three-phase foam as a profile control agent in mature oilfields was successfully
prepared by adding dispersed particle gel (DPG). The effects of surfactant concentration …

The area of conformance improvement technology (CIT) encompasses the application of a
myriad range of conventional fluids, including polymers, gels, foams, polymer-enhanced …

Thief zones are regions with high permeability, usually formed in mature or depleted
reservoirs after water flooding, which can further reduce the overall recovery during …

In fractured reservoirs, fluids injected Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) are channeled through
the fracture zones and travel through highly permeable regions, failing to displace part of the …

This book offers practical concepts of EOR processes and summarizes the fundamentals of
bioremediation of oil-contaminated sites. The first section presents a simplified description of …

Mature oilfields usually encounter the problem of high watercut. It is practical to use
chemical methods for water-shutoff in production wells, however conventional water-shutoff …