NDLI: Polymers for enhanced oil recovery: fundamentals and selection criteria

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Author	Rellegadla, Sandeep Prajapat, Ganshyam Agrawal, Akhil
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	With a rising population, the demand for energy has increased over the years. As per the projections, both fossil fuel and renewables will remain as major energy source (678 quadrillion BTU) till 2030 with fossil fuel contributing 78% of total energy consumption. Hence, attempts are continuously made to make fossil fuel production more sustainable and cheaper. From the past 40 years, polymer flooding has been carried out in marginal oil fields and have proved to be successful in many cases. The common expectation from polymer flooding is to obtain 50% ultimate recovery with 15 to 20% incremental recovery over secondary water flooding. Both naturally derived polymers like xanthan gum and synthetic polymers like partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) have been used for this purpose. Earlier laboratory and field trials revealed that salinity and temperature are the major issues with the synthetic polymers that lead to polymer degradation and adsorption on the rock surface. Microbial degradation and concentration are major issues with naturally derived polymers leading to loss of viscosity and pore throat plugging. Earlier studies also revealed that polymer flooding is successful in the fields where oil viscosity is quite higher (up to 126 cp) than injection water due to improvement in mobility ratio during polymer flooding. The largest successful polymer flood was reported in China in 1990 where both synthetic and naturally derived polymers were used in nearly 20 projects. The implementation of these projects provides valuable suggestions for further improving the available processes in future. This paper examines the selection criteria of polymer, field characteristics that support polymer floods and recommendation to design a large producing polymer flooding.
Starting Page	4387
Ending Page	4402
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01757598
Journal	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Volume Number	101
Issue Number	11
e-ISSN	14320614
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2017-05-13
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Polymer flooding Enhanced oil recovery Surfactants Oil fields Biopolymers Bioplugging Microbiology Microbial Genetics and Genomics Biotechnology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Biotechnology

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