Aqueous Hybrids of Silica Nanoparticles and Hydrophobically Associating Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide Used for EOR in High-Temperature and High-Salinity Reservoirs

Water-soluble polymers are known to be used in chemically enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes, but their applications are limited in high-temperature and high-salinity oil reservoirs because of their inherent poor salt tolerance and weak thermal stability. Hydrophobic association of partially hyd...

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Main Authors: Dingwei Zhu, Limin Wei, Biqing Wang, Yujun Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-06-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/7/6/3858