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PAM/PEI polymer gel for water control in high-temperature and high-pressure conditions: Core flooding with crossflow effect

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Polymer gel has been established as a water shut-off control agent for improved oil recovery. The role of the polymer gel in conformance control is to divert injected water from high permeability to low permeability zones of the reservoir. This paper presents a series of core flooding tests performed to investigate the propagation, blocking capability, permeability reduction and diverting performance of various mixtures of polymer gels at simulated reservoir condition. In this particular study, a core flooding scheme with crossflow effect using composite core has permeability contrast. Core flooding test with crossflow effect simulates reservoirs with communication between reservoir permeability layers. Experimental results show that PAM/PEI polymer gel reinforced with solid silica NP has been proven to provide satisfactory gel strength to divert water flow, thus recovering an additional 24% of oil. This reinforced PAM/PEI polymer gel tends to recover more trapped oil compared to weakened PAM/PEI polymer gel without solid particles. These results give better understanding and provide additional knowledge of strengthening gel by addition of solid particles, which could be the remedy for the weakened polymer gel.

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The authors appreciate the contributions and financial supports from University of Malaya (IF062-2019), University of Malaya (FP050-2019A), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (YUTP 0153AAH05), Mr. Mohd Riduan Ahmad from Polygon Scientific Sdn. Bhd. and SLAI Fellowship Scheme from Ministry of Education Malaysia and University of Malaya.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Zulhelmi Amir, Badrul Mohamed Jan & Muhamad Fazly Abdul Patah

  2. Petroleum Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

    Ismail Mohd Saaid

  3. Center for Energy Science, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Zulhelmi Amir, Badrul Mohamed Jan & Muhamad Fazly Abdul Patah

  4. Department of Chemistry, FMIPA Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, Depok, 16424, Indonesia

    Munawar Khalil

  5. Oil & Gas Department, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Wan Zairani Wan Bakar

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Amir, Z., Saaid, I.M., Jan, B.M. et al. PAM/PEI polymer gel for water control in high-temperature and high-pressure conditions: Core flooding with crossflow effect. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 605–615 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-021-1006-y

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