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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, April 22–24, 2024
Paper Number: SPE-218575-MS
... Abstract Despite advances in renewable energy, fossil fuels remain the primary energy source, necessitating the enhancement of oil recovery techniques for both existing and new oil fields. Surfactant-polymer flooding stands out as a promising method for improving oil recovery, with its...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, April 22–24, 2024
Paper Number: SPE-218605-MS
... Abstract To implement an effective chemical flooding process in enhanced oil recovery in a sustainable way, it requires a careful selection of surfactant-polymer (SP) formulation, regarding on the interfacial tension (IFT) with oil. Usually, a unltra-low IFT is preferred to achieve a low...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, April 22–24, 2024
Paper Number: SPE-218615-MS
... Abstract Drag reducing agents (DRAs) are used to reduce friction created by turbulence flow in water transport and injection systems. The objective of this paper to assess mechanical degradation of rigid and flexible polymers used drag reduction applications. Commercial synthetic...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, April 22–24, 2024
Paper Number: SPE-218579-MS
... with polymers with different molecular weights and charges. The efficiency of chemicals and the optimal dosage were evaluated by separation time and transmission intensity using stability analyzer which allows a step-by-step vertical scanning of the dispersions. Oil content was also measured to evaluate...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, April 22–24, 2024
Paper Number: SPE-218764-MS
... chemical systems as the core. Firstly, the static properties and flooding characteristics of chemicals such as gels, microgels and associative polymers commonly used in discontinuous chemical flooding in offshore oilfields are evaluated. The concept of reservoir displacement equilibrium degree...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, April 22–24, 2024
Paper Number: SPE-218638-MS
..., iron or sulfide content. One of these classes is advanced AMPS polymers manufactured using micro-block template polymerization. Water consumption for the preparation of water-soluble polymer solutions for polymer flooding (PF) and for Hydraulic Fracturing (HF) applications is significant...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200125-MS
...; are still in the early stages and requiring tremendous studies and assessments to be verified for field applications. Polymeric foam additives may offer several advantages over the other additives used to stabilize foams. In addition to the compatibility and stability of polymers with most...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200031-MS
... Abstract This is an extended polymer-injectivity-test where the main objectives are to prove that polymer solution can be injected at acceptable conditions and injectivity can be sustained for a considerable time period. Other objectives include determining the need for certain protective...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200144-MS
... Abstract Chemical EOR flooding using hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) is considered nowadays a state-of-the-art tertiary recovery process and has been conventionally applied on a full-field scale worldwide. The addition of these standard polymers improves the mobility of the injected fluid...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200084-MS
... theory, the idea of combining the benefits of reducing IFT and increasing displacing phase viscosity leads to synthesis of amphiphilic polymer which has feature of both polymers and surfactants. This new type of polymer is sometimes called polymeric surfactant in China. Mechanisms of this polymer...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200166-MS
... for the polymer plant is a 30+ years old vertical well, where some corrosion have taken place, imposing an additional challenge to the filtration and the process of the plant ➢ Old oil producing wells The oil producing wells being "polymerized" are old producers, which suffer from some artificial lift...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200231-MS
... Abstract Cost-effective treatment of produced water is crucial for the implementation of EOR technologies. A multi-chamber flotation unit was tested under real-field conditions for a polymer flood of the Matzen field, Austria. The operating conditions, performance, and potential for cost...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200178-MS
... Abstract Polymer flooding has a large potential for unlocking EOR reserves in carbonate reservoirs in the Middle East. ADNOC has developed an EOR roadmap to realize some of these reserves. A milestone on this roadmap is to identify and verify polymers that have good performance at high...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200174-MS
... (10-40cp) in high permeability (1-5 Darcy) sands. In order to overcome adverse mobility ratio and improve sweep efficiency, polymer flooding was adopted. As the Polymer flooding proceeded, polymer breakthrough in producer wells was observed. The major challenges faced in producer wells is polymer...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200228-MS
... the micro-CT imaging which gave the distribution along the core. The permeability was calculated based on the porosity-permeability relationship from the real core data. The real surfactant and polymer properties were measured in the lab in terms of rheology and IFT. History matching of the base case...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200256-MS
..., polyacrylamides are the most widely-used polymer types in EOR projects because of their low cost [ 8 , 9 ]. Polyacrylamides undergo hydrolysis (with the degree of hydrolysis depending on the conditions) and are therefore called hydrolyzed polyacrylamides or HPAMs. Polyacrylamides are produced by polymerization...
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Paper presented at the SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, March 21–23, 2022
Paper Number: SPE-200290-MS
... - this can be tackled by a major chemical enhanced oil recovery field redevelopment project. The scope of the polymer field rollout is to create and efficiently operate horizontal polymer injection patterns in two horizons in Lower Austria. OMV follows the strategy to pilot new reservoir and production...

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