Improving reservoir conformance using gelled polymer systems. Third quarterly report, March 25, 1993--June 24, 1993

Green, D W; Willhite, G P; Buller, C; McCool, S; Vossoughi, S; Michnick, M

doi:10.2172/10171561

Title: Improving reservoir conformance using gelled polymer systems. Third quarterly report, March 25, 1993--June 24, 1993

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The general objectives are to (1) to identify and develop gelled polymer systems which have potential to improve reservoir conformance of fluid displacement processes, (2) to determine the performance of these systems in bulk and in porous media, and (3) to develop methods to predict the capability of these systems to recover oil from petroleum reservoirs. This work focuses on three types of gel systems - an aqueous polysaccharide (KUSP1) system that gels as a function of pH, the chromium-based system where polyacrylamide and xanthan are crosslinked by CR(III) and an organic crosslinked system. Development of the KUSP1 system and evaluation and identification of a suitable organic crosslinked system will be done. The laboratory research is directed at the fundamental understanding of the physics and chemistry of the gelation process in bulk form and in porous media. This knowledge will be used to develop conceptual and mathematical models of the gelation process. Mathematical models will then be extended to predict the performance of gelled polymer treatments in oil reservoirs. Accomplishments for this quarter are presented for the following tasks: development and selection of gelled polymer systems; physical and chemical characterization of gel systems; mechanism of in situ gelation; and mathematicalmore » modelling of gel systems.« less

Authors:: Green, D W; Willhite, G P; Buller, C; McCool, S; Vossoughi, S; Michnick, M

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

Research Org.:: Kansas Univ. Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, KS (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 10171561

Report Number(s):: DOE/BC/14881-3
ON: DE93018023

DOE Contract Number:: AC22-92BC14881

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: 1 Jul 1993

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 02 PETROLEUM; OIL WELLS; FLUID INJECTION; DISPLACEMENT FLUIDS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; GELATION; PROGRESS REPORT; PETROLEUM; ENHANCED RECOVERY; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; POROUS MATERIALS; POLYSACCHARIDES; CROSS-LINKING; RHEOLOGY; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYAMIDES; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; PH VALUE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; 020300; DRILLING AND PRODUCTION

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                    Green, D W, Willhite, G P, Buller, C, McCool, S, Vossoughi, S, and Michnick, M. Improving reservoir conformance using gelled polymer systems. Third quarterly report, March 25, 1993--June 24, 1993.  United States: N. p., 1993. 
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                    Green, D W, Willhite, G P, Buller, C, McCool, S, Vossoughi, S, & Michnick, M. Improving reservoir conformance using gelled polymer systems. Third quarterly report, March 25, 1993--June 24, 1993.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/10171561

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                    Green, D W, Willhite, G P, Buller, C, McCool, S, Vossoughi, S, and Michnick, M. 1993.  
        "Improving reservoir conformance using gelled polymer systems. Third quarterly report, March 25, 1993--June 24, 1993".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/10171561.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10171561.

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