A new method for fast screening of long-term thermal stability of water soluble polymers for reservoir conformance control

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1558-1568

  Wu, Yongfu ^a   Wang, Kang Shi ^b   Hu, Zhimeng ^a   Bai, Baojun ^a   Shuler, Patrick ^b   Tang, Yongchun ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMANCE CONTROL; DILUTE CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FAST SCREENING; HIGH SALINITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW LEVEL; LOW OXYGEN; LOW SALINITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATRIX; MOBILITY RATIOS; NOVEL METHODS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN SCAVENGERS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER DEGRADATION; POLYMER PRODUCTS; POLYMER SAMPLES; POLYMER VISCOSITY; SALT BRINES; SCREENING METHODS; SEA SALTS; SHEAR RATES; SOLUTION VISCOSITY; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; TEST TEMPERATURES; THERMAL STABILITY; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BRINES; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SCAVENGING; SEAWATER; SHEAR DEFORMATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

EID: 78349295322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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