Research on the gelation performance of low toxic PEI cross-linking PHPAM gel systems as water shutoff agents in low temperature reservoirs

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9618-9624

  Jia, Hu ^a   Pu, Wan Fen ^a   Zhao, Jin Zhou ^a   Jin, Fa Yang ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMONLY USED; COPOLYMER OF ACRYLAMIDE; CROSS-LINKERS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GEL STABILITY; GEL STRENGTHS; GEL SYSTEMS; GELATION TIME; HIGH TEMPERATURE RESERVOIRS; HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDES; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-TEMPERATURE RESERVOIRS; MATURE OIL FIELDS; PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER GELS; TERT-BUTYL ACRYLATE; THEORETICAL RESEARCH; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER SHUT OFF; WATER SHUTOFF AGENTS;

AMIDES; CHROMIUM; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENHANCED RECOVERY; FORMALDEHYDE; GELATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; METAL RECOVERY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHENOLS; POLYMERS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

GELS;

EID: 77957983275     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100888q     Document Type: Article

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