[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of viscoelastic polymer flooding in sandstone and carbonate rocks

M Zeynalli, M Mushtaq, EW Al-Shalabi, U Alfazazi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Polymer flooding is a proven chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (cEOR) method that boosts
oil production beyond waterflooding. Thorough theoretical and practical knowledge has …

[HTML][HTML] A brief review of capillary number and its use in capillary desaturation curves

H Guo, K Song, R Hilfer - Transport in Porous Media, 2022 - Springer
Capillary number, understood as the ratio of viscous force to capillary force, is one of the
most important parameters in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). It continues to attract the interest …

A 2.5-D glass micromodel for investigation of multi-phase flow in porous media

K Xu, T Liang, P Zhu, P Qi, J Lu, C Huh, M Balhoff - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We developed a novel method for fabrication of glass micromodels with varying depth (2.5-
D) with no additional complexity over the 2-D micromodels' fabrication. Compared to a 2-D …

Experimental investigation of the effect of polymers on residual oil saturation

H Koh, VB Lee, GA Pope - SPE Journal, 2018 - onepetro.org
Polymer flooding is a widely used commercial process with a low cost per barrel of produced
oil, and hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) polymers are the most widely used type of …

Quantification of the viscoelastic effects during polymer flooding: a critical review

MS Azad, JJ Trivedi - SPE Journal, 2019 - onepetro.org
Since the late 1960s, several enhanced–oil–recovery (EOR) researchers have developed
various continuum and pore–scale viscoelastic models for quantifying the altered injectivity …

Enhancing heavy-oil-recovery efficiency by combining low-salinity-water and polymer flooding

Y Zhao, S Yin, RS Seright, S Ning, Y Zhang, B Bai - SPE Journal, 2021 - onepetro.org
Combining low-salinity-water (LSW) and polymer flooding was proposed to unlock the
tremendous heavy-oil resources on the Alaska North Slope (ANS). The synergy of LSW and …

New method to reduce residual oil saturation by polymer flooding

MZ Erincik, P Qi, MT Balhoff, GA Pope - SPE Journal, 2018 - onepetro.org
Six coreflood experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of hydrolyzed-
polyacrylamide (HPAM) polymer solutions on the residual oil saturation (ROS) in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in polymer flooding in China

K Song, J Tao, X Lyu, Y Xu, S Liu, Z Wang, H Liu… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymer flooding is drawing lots of attention because of the technical maturity in some
reservoirs. The first commercial polymer flooding in China was performed in the Daqing …

Recent advances in polymer flooding in China: lessons learned and continuing development

H Guo, K Song, S Liu, F Zhao, Z Wang, Y Xu, J Liu… - SPE Journal, 2021 - onepetro.org
Polymer flooding is one of the most promising chemical enhanced-oil-recovery (EOR)
techniques. It offers a high incremental-oil-recovery factor (IORF), low cost, and wide …

Recent advances of surfactant‐polymer (SP) flooding enhanced oil recovery field tests in China

C Sun, H Guo, Y Li, K Song - Geofluids, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, there are increasing interests in chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) especially
surfactant‐polymer (SP) flooding. Although alkali‐surfactant‐polymer (ASP) flooding can …