Review of gel systems for CO2 geological storage leakage and conformance control for enhanced oil recovery: Mechanisms, recent advances, and future perspectives

Y Liu, Q Liu - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
As a promising method of carbon emission reduction, carbon capture, utilization and storage
(CCUS) is an important technology to achieve carbon neutrality. CO 2 geological storage is …

Types and performances of polymer gels for oil-gas drilling and production: a review

S Lei, J Sun, K Lv, Q Zhang, J Yang - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymer gels with suitable viscoelasticity and deformability have been widely used for
formation plugging and lost circulation control, profile control, and water shutoff. This article …

Polymer Gels Used in Oil–Gas Drilling and Production Engineering

J Han, J Sun, K Lv, J Yang, Y Li - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymer gels are widely used in oil–gas drilling and production engineering for the
purposes of conformance control, water shutoff, fracturing, lost circulation control, etc. Here …

Carbon nanofiber-enhanced HPAM/PEI gels for conformance control in petroleum reservoirs with high temperatures

D Zhu, Z Wang, Y Liu, H Zhang, J Qin, Q Zhao… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles have recently been widely used in polymer gel systems to enhance gel
strength. However, it is yet unclear how various types of nanoparticles affect the gelation …

[HTML][HTML] A novel polymer gel with high-temperature and high-salinity resistance for conformance control in carbonate reservoirs

WP Wu, JR Hou, M Qu, YL Yang, W Zhang, WM Wu… - Petroleum Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Plugging agents have been widely used to enhance oil recovery in fractured-vuggy
carbonate reservoirs. However, the harsh conditions of fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs …

[HTML][HTML] A novel profile modification HPF-Co gel satisfied with fractured low permeability reservoirs in high temperature and high salinity

YK Li, JR Hou, WP Wu, M Qu, T Liang, WX Zhong… - Petroleum Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Conformance control and water plugging are a widely used EOR method in mature oilfields.
However, majority of conformance control and water plugging agents are unavoidable …

Preparation and performance evaluation of a temperature and salt resistant hydrophobic associative weak polymer gel system

J Zhi, Y Liu, J Chen, L Bo, G Qu, N Jiang, W He - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
We targeted high-temperature and highly saline old oil fields, whose environmental
conditions could be attributed to the significantly high heterogeneity cause by long-term …

[HTML][HTML] CO2 diffusive characteristics and influencing factors in the porous medium with saturated polyacrylamide solutions

Q Cheng, G Cao, P Wang, R Bu, Y Bai - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyacrylamide has been widely utilized to store CO 2 in reservoirs in order to alleviate the
greenhouse impact. However, no studies have been conducted on the motion of CO 2 in a …

Enhanced oil recovery in fractured low-permeability reservoirs by a novel gel system prepared by sustained-release crosslinker and water-soluble thixotropic polymer

X Li, C Pu, H Wei, F Huang, Y Bai, C Zhang - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer gels have been widely used in improving oil recovery and decreasing excessive
water production in heterogeneous reservoirs after the long-term water flooding process …

The potential of ultrahigh strength gel through novel multistage reinforcement method for sealing operations in medium to ultralow temperature reservoirs

H Jia, Z Kang, Z Li, J Zhao - SPE Journal, 2022 - onepetro.org
Polymer gels are widely used in sealing operations in the oil and gas industry. Gel with high
strength is strongly needed to perform such operations as fluid loss control, temporary …