Oil displacement mechanisms of viscoelastic polymers in enhanced oil recovery (EOR): a review

B Wei, L Romero-Zerón, D Rodrigue - Journal of Petroleum Exploration …, 2014 - Springer
Polymer flooding has proved economically and technically successful in numerous
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects, which can often increase oil recovery from 12 to 15 …

Mechanism and performance analysis of nanoparticle-polymer fluid for enhanced oil recovery: A review

Y Sun, W Zhang, J Li, R Han, C Lu - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the increasing energy demand, oil is still an important fuel source worldwide. The
chemical flooding process is used in petroleum engineering to increase the recovery of …

Fundamental investigation of an environmentally-friendly surfactant agent for chemical enhanced oil recovery

M Madani, G Zargar, MA Takassi, A Daryasafar… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Surfactant injection is an important chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique with
beneficial impacts for oil recovery from subsurface reservoirs due to interfacial tension (IFT) …

An experimental investigation on the use of saponin as a non-ionic surfactant for chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in sandstone and carbonate oil reservoirs: IFT …

H Khayati, A Moslemizadeh, K Shahbazi… - … Research and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Surfactant flooding, a chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique, boosts oil
production mainly through lowering oil–water interfacial tension (IFT) and altering reservoir …

Microscopic determination of remaining oil distribution in sandstones with different permeability scales using computed tomography scanning

Y Yang, H Yang, L Tao, J Yao… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
To investigate the characteristics of oil distribution in porous media systems during a high
water cut stage, sandstones with different permeability scales of 53.63× 10− 3 μ m2 and …

Polymers for enhanced oil recovery: Fundamentals and selection criteria revisited

S Mahajan, H Yadav, S Rellegadla… - Applied Microbiology and …, 2021 - Springer
As the energy demand is escalating tremendously and crude oil being the primary energy
source for at least the next two decades, the production of crude oil should be enhanced to …

Effective Prediction and Management of a CO2 Flooding Process for Enhancing Oil Recovery Using Artificial Neural Networks

SL Van, BH Chon - Journal of Energy Resources …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The injection of CO2 has been in global use for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) as it can
improve oil production in mature fields. It also has environmental benefits for reducing …

Investigation of Brine pH Effect on the Rheological and Viscoelastic Properties of HPAM Polymer for an Optimized Enhanced Oil Recovery Design

M Shakeel, P Pourafshary, MR Hashmet - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
A novel approach to improve viscous and viscoelastic properties by exploiting the pH and
salinity sensitivity of HPAM polymer is proposed in this paper. Polymer flooding is a well …

Experimental investigation on damage mechanism of guar gum fracturing fluid to low-permeability reservoir based on nuclear magnetic resonance

T Guo, F Gong, X Lin, Q Lin… - Journal of Energy …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The damage mechanism of fracturing fluids has always been the hot research topic in the
development of low-permeability reservoir with hydraulic fracturing. At present, the research …

Research Progress of Molecular Simulation in Acrylamide Polymers with High Degree of Polymerization

Z Liu, Q Feng, Z Xu, S Yang - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Acrylamide polymers with a high degree of polymerization are widely used in petroleum
production. It is of great significance to study the oil displacement mechanism of acrylamide …