Performance of Associative Polymers in Porous Media

Thomas, A.; Gaillard, Nicolas; Favero, Cédrick; Bai, Jingchen; Green, K.; Wassmuth, F.R.

doi:10.3997/2214-4609.20142625

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“…The structure shows great potential due to the suitable nanometer size and structural strength. The performance of this fluid could satisfy the requirement of fracturing fluid [8,9].…”

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Performance and field implementation of a new fracturing fluid consisting of hydrophobically associating polyacrylamide and anionic surfactant

Zhao

Liu

Luo

et al. 2015

Journal of Polymer Engineering

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Abstract The fundamental cause of the proppant suspension behavior in hydraulic fracturing fluids lies in its internal microcosmic network structure and structural strength. In addition to chemical crosslinking, another method to form a network structure is established in this paper. Hydrophobically associating polyacrylamide and an anionic surfactant self-assembly process was applied to form a network structure. Compared with crosslinked hydroxypropyl guar gel, the new fracturing fluid even has better proppant suspending properties in static conditions. The capability does not result from crosslinkage but from reinforced physical associations between chains. The performance of this new fracturing fluid was tested and the results showed that it can fully satisfy the requirement of fracturing fluid. Field test shows excellent stimulation effects during its applications in 400 wells in eight oilfields in China.

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“…The structure shows great potential due to the suitable nanometer size and structural strength. The performance of this fluid could satisfy the requirement of fracturing fluid [8,9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Performance and field implementation of a new fracturing fluid consisting of hydrophobically associating polyacrylamide and anionic surfactant

Zhao

Liu

Luo

et al. 2015

Journal of Polymer Engineering

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Flow Behavior and Viscous-Oil-Microdisplacement Characteristics of Hydrophobically Modified Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide in a Repeatable Quantitative Visualization Micromodel

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Summary To profoundly investigate the flow behavior and viscous-oil-microdisplacement characteristics of hydrophobically modified partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamides (HMHPAMs) as well as the effect of associating monomer content on those behaviors and characteristics, compared with partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM), the flow experiments through three serial mounted flat-sand-inclusion micromodels and the viscous-oil-microdisplacement experiments in both homogeneous and interstratified connected heterogeneous repeatable quantitative visualization micromodels were conducted by use of a series of polymers with varied associating monomer content (0–1.0 mol%) at similar viscosity within all shear rates concerned. The results obtained from flow experiments show that the resistance factors (RFs) and residual resistance factors (RRFs) generated by HMHPAMs were noticeably higher than those of HPAM, and the RFs and RRFs exhibited significant permeability dependence and increased with associating monomer content. The greater RFs and RRFs for associative polymer might not be mainly caused by polymer adsorption or retention but mostly caused by increasing aggregate sizes. At concerned permeabilities (1.1–6.1 µm2), all injections of HMHPAMs could tend to be stable, which indicates that all HMHPAMs could propagate deep into the porous media. The viscous-oil-microdisplacement experiments regarding the visualization micromodels with varied permeabilities (and permeability contrasts) provide new insights into the viscous-oil-microdisplacement characteristics of HMHPAMs, such as the piston-like displacement and profile modification. In homogeneous models, under different permeabilities (1.1–6.1 µm2), the variations of final viscous-oil recovery first increased and then decreased as a function of increasing hydrophobe content, and the hydrophobe content of the polymer to obtain maximum oil recovery enhanced with increasing permeability. This might qualitatively indicate that a constant permeability matches an optimal content of hydrophobic groups. At permeability contrast of approximately three, the HMHPAM with lower hydrophobe content (0.2 mol%) could obtain the maximum viscous-oil recovery. In contrast, the maximum viscous-oil recovery was achieved by the HMHPAM with higher hydrophobe content (1.0 mol%) at a contrast of approximately five. The HMHPAM with higher content of hydrophobic groups is suitable for the significant heterogeneity.

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Successful Field Trial of a Novel, Reservoir-Triggered Polymer: Results, Interpretation and Simulation

Rashid¹,

Stapley²,

Clifford³

et al. 2018

Day 3 Mon, April 16, 2018

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This paper describes the interpretation of a successful inter-well field trial of a novel reservoir-triggered polymer technology, making use of pressure transient analysis and numerical simulation. The polymer has been engineered to improve sweep in oil-bearing formations whilst reducing the impact of two of the key operational and economic challenges facing polymer enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The polymer employs a chemical strategy to render it resistant to shear during injection and in the high flux region at the sand face. In addition, the injection solution has a viscosity similar to that of water until triggered in the reservoir, which sustains injectivity. We demonstrate the use of laboratory kinetics, rheology data, high-resolution surveillance of the injector, and comprehensive analysis of produced fluids to constrain the simulation of the in-situ viscosification of this polymer. Numerical models using commercial and in-house R&D codes were calibrated to tracer effluent data, pressure fall-off tests, and injection pressures, to interpret the size and mobility of the polymer bank and its response to water injection. The field trial has qualified the polymer to be considered for deployment. A comprehensive surveillance programme and downhole sampling was used to successfully demonstrate that the polymer was protected from shear degradation upon injection and propagation, and it viscosified under flow at the designed location in the reservoir. Kinetic and rheology data from laboratory testing, combined with reservoir-scale simulations and field trial surveillance, enabled the reaction and adsorption characteristics of the polymer to be estimated. Simulations of the injection pressure demonstrate that this polymer has significantly better injectivity under matrix conditions than would be obtained with a conventional polymer of an equivalent deep-reservoir viscosity.

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Performance of Associative Polymers in Porous Media

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Performance and field implementation of a new fracturing fluid consisting of hydrophobically associating polyacrylamide and anionic surfactant

Performance and field implementation of a new fracturing fluid consisting of hydrophobically associating polyacrylamide and anionic surfactant

Flow Behavior and Viscous-Oil-Microdisplacement Characteristics of Hydrophobically Modified Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide in a Repeatable Quantitative Visualization Micromodel

Successful Field Trial of a Novel, Reservoir-Triggered Polymer: Results, Interpretation and Simulation

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