Improving reservoir conformance using gelled polymer systems. Third quarterly report, March 25, 1993--June 24, 1993
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 mathematical modelling of gel systems.
- Research Organization:
- Kansas Univ. Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, KS (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC22-92BC14881
- OSTI ID:
- 10171561
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BC/14881-3; ON: DE93018023
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Jul 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
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
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DRILLING AND PRODUCTION