Essentials of Polymer Flooding Technique

Polymer flooding is an enhanced oil recovery technique that improves sweep, reduces water production, and improves recovery in geological reservoirs. This book summarizes the key factors associated with polymers and polymer flooding, from the selection of the type of polymer through characterization techniques, to field design and implementation, and discusses the main issues to consider when deploying this technology to improve oil recovery from mature reservoirs. It is an enlightening book that will be of great interest to petroleum engineers, reservoir engineers, geoscientists, managers in the petroleum industry, students in the petroleum industry, and researchers in chemical enhanced oil recovery methods.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 328 pages
\n Publication date: 02 May 2019
\n Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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The production and utilization of oil have revolutionized our world, but dwindling reserves are forcing the industry to manage resources more efficiently while searching for alternative fuel sources that are sustainable and environmentally friendly. Polymer flooding is an enhanced oil recovery technique that improves sweep, reduces water production, and improves recovery in geological reservoirs. This book summarizes the key factors associated with polymers and polymer flooding, from the selection of the type of polymer through characterization techniques, to field design and implementation, and discusses the main issues to consider when deploying this technology to improve oil recovery from mature reservoirs.

Essentials of Polymer Flooding Technique introduces the area of polymer flooding at a basic level for those new to petroleum production. It describes how polymers are used to improve the efficiency of "chemical" floods (involving surfactants and alkaline solutions). The book also offers a concise view of several key polymer-flooding topics that cannot be found elsewhere. These are in the areas of pilot project design, field project engineering (water quality, oxygen removal, polymer dissolution equipment, filtration, pumps, and other equipment), produced water treatment, economics, and some of the important field case histories that appear in the last section.

Provides an easy-to-read introduction to polymer flooding to improve oil production, while presenting the underlying mechanisms. Employs "In A Nutshell" key point summaries at the end of each chapter. Includes important field case studies to aid researchers in addressing time and financial consumption in dealing with polymer flooding.

\n Weight: 662g\n
Dimension: 160 x 236 x 18 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781119537588\n \n