Experimental Investigation of Polymer Flooding for more Heavy Oil Recovery; Comparing to the Thermal EOR Method, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Ayatollahi, Sahab (Supervisor) ; Masihi, Mohsen (Supervisor)
Abstract
Heavy oil reservoirs are becoming more important as the oil price increase and more light oil reservoirs are being depleted. Thermal oil recovery, especially steam flooding is considered as the most efficient EOR technique for heavy oil reservoirs that stays on the top of the recent EOR field experiences. However this method is not applicable in some reservoir conditions like deep reservoirs or reservoirs with thin pay zones.
Due to sever viscous fingering during water flooding heavy oil reservoirs, a large amount of oil would remain untouched in the reservoir. Polymer flooding could be a potential method for enhanced oil recovery by improving sweep efficiency. However there haven’t been... Cataloging briefExperimental Investigation of Polymer Flooding for more Heavy Oil Recovery; Comparing to the Thermal EOR Method, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Ayatollahi, Sahab (Supervisor) ; Masihi, Mohsen (Supervisor)
Abstract
Heavy oil reservoirs are becoming more important as the oil price increase and more light oil reservoirs are being depleted. Thermal oil recovery, especially steam flooding is considered as the most efficient EOR technique for heavy oil reservoirs that stays on the top of the recent EOR field experiences. However this method is not applicable in some reservoir conditions like deep reservoirs or reservoirs with thin pay zones.
Due to sever viscous fingering during water flooding heavy oil reservoirs, a large amount of oil would remain untouched in the reservoir. Polymer flooding could be a potential method for enhanced oil recovery by improving sweep efficiency. However there haven’t been... Find in contentBookmark |
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