Journal
ENERGIES
Volume 11, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en11102751
Keywords
polymer flooding; polymer retention; mobility ratio
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- Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
- Yaysan UTP-Fundamental Research Grant (Cost Center) [0153AA-E84]
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Polymer flooding is an important enhanced oil recovery technology introduced in field projects since the late 1960s. The key to a successful polymer flood project depends upon proper estimation of polymer retention. The aims of this paper are twofold. First, to show the mechanism of polymer flooding and how this mechanism is affected by polymer retention. Based on the literature, the mobility ratio significantly increases as a result of the interactions between the injected polymer molecules and the reservoir rock. Secondly, to provide a better understanding of the polymer retention, we discussed polymer retention types, mechanisms, factors promoting or inhibiting polymer retention, methods and modeling techniques used for estimating polymer retention.
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