Water shutoff and conformance improvement: an introduction

R Seright, B Brattekas - Petroleum Science, 2021 - Springer
This paper provides an introduction to the topic of water shutoff and conformance
improvement. After indicating the volumes of water produced during oilfield operations, a …

A comprehensive review of experimental evaluation methods and results of polymer micro/nanogels for enhanced oil recovery and reduced water production

J Liu, A Almakimi, M Wei, B Bai, IA Hussein - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, polymer micro/nanogels which are re-crosslinked polymers with 3D
networks, have attracted a lot of interest in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) field. In size of …

Ultra-high temperature resistant preformed particle gels for enhanced oil recovery

B Salunkhe, T Schuman, A Al Brahim, B Bai - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Gel treatment is one of the most efficient enhanced oil recovery techniques used for
conformance control. In recent years, preformed particle gels (PPG) have gained attention …

Comprehensive review on the research and field application of preformed particle gel conformance control technology

MS Esfahlan, E Khodapanah… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
High water production is a common problem in mature oil reservoirs. Gel-based treatments
have been widely used as blocking agents to control water production in heterogeneous …

Laboratory evaluation on temporary plugging performance of degradable preformed particle gels (DPPGs)

D Zhu, Z Xu, R Sun, X Fang, D Gao, X Jia, J Hu… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, granular temporary plugging agents (TPA) have been widely studied,
especially in repeated fracturing operations, to stimulate oil and gas production in …

A laboratory and simulation study of preformed particle gels for water conformance control

A Goudarzi, H Zhang, A Varavei, P Taksaudom, Y Hu… - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
Excess water production is a major problem that leads to early well abandonment and
unrecoverable hydrocarbon in mature oil fields. Gel treatments at the injection wells to …

A comprehensive review of the chemical-based conformance control methods in oil reservoirs

PI Sagbana, AS Abushaikha - Journal of Petroleum Exploration and …, 2021 - Springer
The production of excess water during oil recovery creates not only a major technical
problem but also an environmental and cost impact. This increasing problem has forced oil …

Optimizing the strength and size of preformed particle gels for better conformance control treatment

A Imqam, B Bai - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
A newer trend in gel treatments is using preformed particle gel (PPG) to reduce fluid
channels through super-high permeability streaks/fractures and thus to decrease water …

Comprehensive evaluation of a high-temperature resistant re-crosslinkable preformed particle gel for water management

B Yu, S Zhao, Y Long, B Bai, T Schuman - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Gel treatment has been widely applied to control conformance for improving oil recovery and
control water production in mature oil fields. However, most of the hydrogel systems are …

Investigation on matching relationship and plugging mechanism of self-adaptive micro-gel (SMG) as a profile control and oil displacement agent

X Chen, Y Li, ZY Liu, J Zhang, C Chen, M Ma - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Heterogeneity is well known to reduce sweep efficiency during oil development processes.
Self-adaptive micro gel (SMG) as a agent for in-depth profile control is significantly limited to …