Evaluation of the Thermal, Chemical, Mechanical, and Microbial Stability of New Nanohybrids Based on Carboxymethyl-Scleroglucan and Silica Nanoparticles for …

RH Castro, LM Corredor, S Llanos, ZP Rodríguez… - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Scleroglucan (SG) is resistant to harsh reservoir conditions such as high temperature, high
shear stresses, and the presence of chemical substances. However, it is susceptible to …

Experimental Investigation of the Viscosity and Stability of Scleroglucan-Based Nanofluids for Enhanced Oil Recovery

RH Castro, LM Corredor, S Llanos, MA Causil, A Arias… - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Biopolymers emerge as promising candidates for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications
due to their molecular structures, which exhibit better stability than polyacrylamides under …

Rheology and injectivity studies on scleroglucan biopolymer for carbonates under harsh conditions

D Elhossary, W AlAmeri, EW Al-Shalabi - SPE Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2022 - onepetro.org
Polymer flooding is a mature chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology with more
than 40 years of laboratory-and field-scale applications. Nevertheless, polymers exhibit poor …

Polymers for EOR application in high temperature and high viscosity oils: Rock–fluid behavior

RH Castro, S Llanos, J Rodríguez, HI Quintero… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Viscosity losses and high degradation factors have a drastic impact over hydrolyzed
polyacrylamides (HPAM) currently injected, impacting the oil recovery negatively. Previous …

Polymer Flooding: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly-Lessons Learned from Field Practices

HL Chang, Z Guo, J Zhang - SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference?, 2024 - onepetro.org
It has been over 40 years since the publication of an early paper titled'Polymer Flooding,
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow'in the Journal of Petroleum Technology. Significant …

[HTML][HTML] Biodegradation and toxicity of scleroglucan for enhanced oil recovery

ZP Rodríguez-Mateus, RC Angarita… - … -Ciencia, Tecnología y …, 2022 - scielo.org.co
Polymer flooding consists of injecting polymer-augmented water into the reservoir to control
the water-oil mobility ratio, resulting in an increase in the volumetric sweep efficiency …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy oil and high-temperature polymer EOR applications

RH Castro-García, S LLanos-Gallo… - … -Ciencia, Tecnología y …, 2020 - scielo.org.co
Polymer flooding represents the most common chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR)
method used at commercial scale. In this process, the polymeric solutions (generally …

Polymer flood in low permeability carbonate reservoirs

H Song - 2022 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
Polymer flood is one of the most economical and efficient chemical enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) techniques. The injected polymer mostly flows within formations for multiple years …

[HTML][HTML] HEAVY OIL AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE POLYMER EOR APPLICATIONS

CG Ruben-Hernán, LLG Sebastian… - … -Ciencia, Tecnología y …, 2020 - redalyc.org
Polymer flooding represents the most common chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR)
method used at commercial scale. In this process, the polymeric solutions (generally …

Using Fungal Biopolymers for Enhanced Oil Recovery

SH Al-Araimi, SN Al-Bahry, YM Al-Wahaibi - Fungal Biopolymers and …, 2022 - Springer
Fungal biopolymers have attracted the attention of the scientific community because of their
superior biological and physicochemical properties. They have been exploited for use in …