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Experimental Investigation of Polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery under Different Injection Modes

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To solve the problem of poor adaptability of the single slug polymer injection mode which lead to profile inversion, non-effective circulation of polymer solution in the high permeability zone during… Click to show full abstract

To solve the problem of poor adaptability of the single slug polymer injection mode which lead to profile inversion, non-effective circulation of polymer solution in the high permeability zone during the development of conventional heavy oil, new technology of alternative injection, and three-stage slug injection for further improving polymer flooding performance were developed. Parallel sandpack flooding experiment was conducted to study the oil displacement efficiency of different injection modes, and reasonable injection mode and optimal slug combination of polymer flooding are selected. The results show that under the same polymer dosage, the high and low mass concentration polymer slug alternative injection is better than the three-stage slug and single slug polymer flooding, and with the increase of the alternating rounds, the polymer flooding performance increased first and then decreased. Compared with the single slug injection, the alternative injection increased the recovery factor by 4%. When the three-stage slug is injected, the concentration of the front and post slug has a significant effect on the oil displacement process. The optimal oil displacement formulations are as follows: main slug 5000 mg/L × 0.125 PV, secondary slug 3000 mg/L × 0.208 PV, alternating two rounds.

Keywords: slug; different injection; polymer flooding; injection; oil

Journal Title: ACS Omega
Year Published: 2020

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