Polymer injection in poorly consolidated heavy oil reservoirs

Title

Polymer injection in poorly consolidated heavy oil reservoirs

 Author

Kumarswamy, S.

Contributor

Zitha, P.L.J. (mentor)

Faculty

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

 Department

Section Applied Earth Sciences

 Date

2011-06-29

 Abstract

A number of core flow experiments were conducted with different polymer concentration solutions. The effluents were analyzed to obtain the retardation factors, which was used in the calculation of the permeability reduction. From this experimental work, it was observed that the retardation factor reduces with the increase in polymer concentration. The permeability reduction obtained from the core flow experiments can be used for field tests to calculate the injectivity. This is a very important control factor for field tests. With the results from this experimental study, further field tests like the bore hole simulator tests can be performed.

 To reference this document use:

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1a274e56-9cda-42ab-b8af-0b11ef2b8687

 Part of collection

Student theses

 Document type

master thesis

 Rights

(c) 2011 Kumarswamy, S.
Files
PDF MSc_Thesis_Report_S_Kumarswamy.pdf 2.84 MB
Close viewer