Numerical Modelling Of Polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery: The Influence of
the Degradation and Viscoelastic Properties
Pablo Druetta,
Francesco Picchioni
Abstract:Polymer flooding is one of the most common and technically developed chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR) processes. The main function of the polymer in solution is to increment the carrying phase's (i.e., water or brine) viscosity in order to mobilize the remaining trapped oil [1]. Along with this, many numerical simulators were developed during the last 40 years considering the influence of the polymer molecules on the viscosity as well as another physical parameters. Nonetheless, there is a number of these… Show more
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