In recent years, with the further development of old oilfields, in order to further improve the oil
recovery, they must be conformance controlled. Among various types of conformance control …

Reducing water production from hydrocarbon wells is one of the major requirements to
prolong the life span of production wells. Gel treatment is commonly regarded as one of the …

Today, hydrogel plugs as a new and effective technology are widely used for temporary oil
and gas well plugging. Although, the strength and fluidity of the hydrogels in the oil wells …

Polymer gel has been widely used as a plugging agent for blocking the thief zones and
improving the oil production. However, the performance of conventional polymer gel is …

Polymer gels can be effectively applied to plug fractured reservoirs and carbonate cave
strata. Herein, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), acrylamide, and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1 …

A low molecular weight polymer/nanoparticle dispersed (LPND) gel system applied for water
plugging in fractured media was studied. Results of rheological and gelation properties …

In recent years, gel plugging agents had made significant contributions to addressing water
channeling and water flooding issues in water-flooded oil reservoirs. To meet the demands …

Polymeric gels have been an important category for material scientists due its versatile
structural features. Hence, hydrogels are being used to reduce excess production water in …

To simultaneously meet the demands of small size for easy transportation and injection as
well as temperature and salinity resistance, 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid …

Compared with conventional polymer gels, nanocomposite gels have significant advantages
in strength and temperature resistance. They can adapt to more severe reservoir …