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Performance of polyacrylamide/Cr(III) gel polymer in oil recovery from heterogeneous porous media: An experimental study

Kargozarfard, Z ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/s11814-016-0228-x
  3. Publisher: Springer New York LLC
  4. Abstract:
  5. Water channeling due to reservoir heterogeneity is an important factor that could decrease the displacement efficiency of a water flooding process. In this study, the ability of polyacrylamide/ chromium acetate system on altering water path in heterogeneous layered media was investigated using glass bead micromodels. After the relevant parameters were optimized, a series of water and gel injection experiments were conducted in glass bead micromodel. The experimental results show that sweep efficiency is basically controlled by gel strength. The gel strength has a minor impact on the oil recovery from the higher permeable zone, whereas the oil recovery from the lower permeable zone is a strong function of gel strength. Gels with F and G strength codes were observed to divert the water path mostly into low permeable layers. Whereas, gels with B strength code or weaker would alter the water path within the higher permeable layers
  6. Keywords:
  7. Areal Sweep Efficiency ; Gel Polymers ; Heterogeneity ; Micromodel ; Water Production
  8. Source: Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering ; Volume 33, Issue 12 , 2016 , Pages 3350-3358 ; 02561115 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11814-016-0228-x