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Experimental investigation of associative polymer performance for CO2 foam enhanced oil recovery

Polymer addition amplifies the foam flood performance by providing a substantial mobility control during the enhanced oil recovery (EOR). A conventional anionic polymer i.e. hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) is widely used for polymer enhanced foam (PEF) flooding. In this study, the foam stability an...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, S., Elraies, K.A., Tan, I.M., Hashmet, M.R.
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Published: Elsevier B.V. 2017
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spelling my.utp.eprints.194182018-04-20T00:45:06Z Experimental investigation of associative polymer performance for CO2 foam enhanced oil recovery Ahmed, S. Elraies, K.A. Tan, I.M. Hashmet, M.R. Polymer addition amplifies the foam flood performance by providing a substantial mobility control during the enhanced oil recovery (EOR). A conventional anionic polymer i.e. hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) is widely used for polymer enhanced foam (PEF) flooding. In this study, the foam stability and viscosity performance of the conventional HPAM polymer were compared with a relatively new associative polymer. An associative polymer (i.e. Superpusher B 192) and the conventional polymer of same molecular weight were considered and the foam generation was performed using a widely used foamer i.e. alpha olefin sulfonate (AOS) and a foam stabilizer (betaine). FoamScan was used to measure the foam stability whereas, for foam viscometric measurements, a high-pressure high-temperature foam rheometer was utilized. An associative polymer showed an interesting combination and both the apparent viscosity and foam stability were found to be significantly high. The conventional polymer failed to provide a high foam strength in rheometric analysis whereas, an associative polymer showed an interesting viscosity profile and a two-fold increase in the foam apparent viscosity was observed. This study shows that the associative Superpusher B192 holds a bright potential in increasing the foam flood performance during EOR. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Elsevier B.V. 2017 Article PeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85027455534&doi=10.1016%2fj.petrol.2017.08.018&partnerID=40&md5=3fe5c4508618d2716c0a7c16dfc3eda7 Ahmed, S. and Elraies, K.A. and Tan, I.M. and Hashmet, M.R. (2017) Experimental investigation of associative polymer performance for CO2 foam enhanced oil recovery. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 157 . pp. 971-979. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19418/
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description Polymer addition amplifies the foam flood performance by providing a substantial mobility control during the enhanced oil recovery (EOR). A conventional anionic polymer i.e. hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) is widely used for polymer enhanced foam (PEF) flooding. In this study, the foam stability and viscosity performance of the conventional HPAM polymer were compared with a relatively new associative polymer. An associative polymer (i.e. Superpusher B 192) and the conventional polymer of same molecular weight were considered and the foam generation was performed using a widely used foamer i.e. alpha olefin sulfonate (AOS) and a foam stabilizer (betaine). FoamScan was used to measure the foam stability whereas, for foam viscometric measurements, a high-pressure high-temperature foam rheometer was utilized. An associative polymer showed an interesting combination and both the apparent viscosity and foam stability were found to be significantly high. The conventional polymer failed to provide a high foam strength in rheometric analysis whereas, an associative polymer showed an interesting viscosity profile and a two-fold increase in the foam apparent viscosity was observed. This study shows that the associative Superpusher B192 holds a bright potential in increasing the foam flood performance during EOR. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.
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author Ahmed, S.
Elraies, K.A.
Tan, I.M.
Hashmet, M.R.
spellingShingle Ahmed, S.
Elraies, K.A.
Tan, I.M.
Hashmet, M.R.
Experimental investigation of associative polymer performance for CO2 foam enhanced oil recovery
author_facet Ahmed, S.
Elraies, K.A.
Tan, I.M.
Hashmet, M.R.
author_sort Ahmed, S.
title Experimental investigation of associative polymer performance for CO2 foam enhanced oil recovery
title_short Experimental investigation of associative polymer performance for CO2 foam enhanced oil recovery
title_full Experimental investigation of associative polymer performance for CO2 foam enhanced oil recovery
title_fullStr Experimental investigation of associative polymer performance for CO2 foam enhanced oil recovery
title_full_unstemmed Experimental investigation of associative polymer performance for CO2 foam enhanced oil recovery
title_sort experimental investigation of associative polymer performance for co2 foam enhanced oil recovery
publisher Elsevier B.V.
publishDate 2017
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