Performance of polyacrylamide/Cr(III) gel polymer in oil recovery from heterogeneous porous media: An experimental study

Kargozarfard, Zahra; Riazi, Masoud; Ayatollahi, Shahab; Shahnazar, Sheida

doi:10.1007/s11814-016-0228-x

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“…Filtration studies make it possible to predict the effect of the developed water inflow limitation technology and study the mechanisms of water shut-off screen development [37,39]. Filtration experiments are carried out using bulk or core reservoir models and real formation fluids under thermobaric conditions of the field.…”

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Surfactant–Polymer Composition for Selective Water Shut-Off in Production Wells

Magadova,

Silin,

Gubanov

et al. 2024

Gels

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Today, a significant part of production wells’ stock has a high water cut percentage of 90% and above. Obviously, for this reason, the need to develop new and improved existing technologies for water shut-off in wells increases every year. Physico-chemical methods of water shut-off are based on the application of special reagents and compositions that plug the pathways of water inflow to the well. Depending on the mechanism and specific features of water barrier formation, isolation methods are divided into selective and non-selective. This article investigates the possibility of using hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile as a gel-forming and precipitation-forming reagent for water shut-off technologies in production wells. A surfactant–polymer composition for the isolation of water inflow in production wells in objects with high salinity in formation water, possessing physical and chemical selectivity and providing permeability reduction only in water-saturated intervals, is proposed. The developed composition is the invert emulsion, which makes it possible to carry out treatment at a distance from the well and solve the problem of possible premature gel formation directly in the wellbore. The lowest effective concentration of HPAN in an aqueous solution for use as a gel-forming and sedimentation reagent was determined experimentally (5.0 wt% and more). The interaction of the polymer solution with a chromium crosslinker allows obtaining structured gels in the whole volume of the system. The structure of the gels was evaluated using the Sydansk classifier with the assignment of a letter code from A to J. It was experimentally proved that the structure of the obtained gels depends on the temperature and content of the crosslinking agent in the system; the more crosslinking agent in the composition of the system, the stronger the structure of the resulting gel. The optimal ratio of polymer and crosslinking agent to obtain a strong gel was obtained, which amounted to 5:1 by weight of dry polymer powder. For the HPAN concentration of 5 wt% according to the Sydansk classifier, the gel structure had the code “H”—slightly deformable non-flowing gel. The dependence of the volume of gel sediment obtained because of the interaction with mineralized water on the polymer concentration was studied. It was proved that an increase in the concentration of hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile in the solution, as well as an increase in the concentration of calcium ions in mineralized water, leads to a larger volume of the resulting gel or precipitate and to the strengthening of the gel structure. The results of rheological studies of the developed composition, as well as experiments on thermal stability, are presented. The results of filtration tests on bulk reservoir models demonstrated the selectivity of the developed composition. The obtained value of the residual resistance factor for the oil-saturated low-permeability model was 1.49 units; the value of the residual resistance factor for the water-saturated high-permeability model was 18.04 units. The ratio of the obtained values of the residual resistance factor, equal to 0.08 (much less than 1), can characterize the developed composition as a selective material for water shut-off in producing wells. Existing technologies for water shut-off based on HPAN do not allow for making a treatment at a distance from the well and require the use of technological solutions to prevent premature gel sedimentation in the well. The developed composition makes it possible to solve the problem of premature gelation. In addition, the composition can form a blocking screen in highly permeable water-saturated zones. The development can be useful for deposits with difficult conditions (high mineralization in reservoir waters, boreholes with a horizontal end, elevated temperatures up to 80 °C).

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Section: Filtration Studiesmentioning

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Surfactant–Polymer Composition for Selective Water Shut-Off in Production Wells

Magadova,

Silin,

Gubanov

et al. 2024

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“…To address these issues, we designed and prepared a hydrophobic monomer and synthesized a temperature- and salt-resistant weak gel system exhibiting a spatial network structure using phenolic resin as the crosslinking agent [ 16 , 17 ]. We analyzed the gel formation ability, temperature and salt resistance, injection performance, liquid flow effect, plugging performance, micropore throat migration, and plugging characteristics of the thermal- and salt-resistant gel consisting of the hydrophobic monomer [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]. The results reported herein provide a platform to achieve profile control in weak gels under conditions of high temperatures and salinity.…”

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Preparation and Performance Evaluation of a Temperature and Salt Resistant Hydrophobic Associative Weak Polymer Gel System

et al. 2023

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We targeted high-temperature and highly saline old oil fields, whose environmental conditions could be attributed to the significantly high heterogeneity cause by long-term water flooding. The Huabei Oilfield was chosen as the research object. We developed a hydrophobic functional monomer–polymer with temperature and salt resistance by introducing the temperature-resistant and salt-resistant monomer NVP and a hydrophobic functional monomer into the main chain for copolymerization. We used a crosslinking agent with phenolic resin to prepare a weak gel system that showed temperature and salt resistance and investigated its temperature and salt resistance, infective property, plugging performance, liquid flow ability, micropore throat migration, and plugging characteristics. The results obtained using the infrared spectroscopy technique revealed the successful preparation of the phenolic resin crosslinker. The weak gel exhibited good temperature and salt resistance when the polymer concentration was 2000 mg/L, the cohesion ratio was 1:1.5, the additive concentration was 2000 mg/L, the reservoir temperature was 120 °C, and the injected water salinity was 40,300.86 mg/L. The average viscosity retention rate of the 90-day weak gel reached more than 80% and its microstructure was examined. The coreflow experiment results revealed that the weak gel system was characterized by good infectivity. After plugging the weak gel, the effect on the direction of the liquid flow was evident and the flow rate of the low permeability layer increased to a maximum of 48.63% under conditions of varying permeability levels. A significant improvement in the water absorption profile was achieved. The plugging was carried out through a sand-filling pipe under varying permeability conditions and the pressure measuring points in the sand-filling pipe were sucessfully pressurized. The migration ability of the weak gel was good and the blocking rate was >85%.

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