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

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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.

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  1. Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Research Centre, Department of Petroleum Engineering, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

    Zahra Kargozarfard & Masoud Riazi

  2. School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Shahab Ayatollahi

  3. Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), University of Malaya, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia

    Sheida Shahnazar

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Kargozarfard, Z., Riazi, M., Ayatollahi, S. et al. Performance of polyacrylamide/Cr(III) gel polymer in oil recovery from heterogeneous porous media: An experimental study. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 33, 3350–3358 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-016-0228-x

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