Fundamentals and Recent Progress in the Flow of Water-Soluble Polymers in Porous Media for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Due to increased energy demand, it is vital to enhance the recovery from existing oilfields. Polymer flooding is the most frequently used chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR) method in field applications that increases the oil sweep and displacement efficiencies. In recent years, there has been gro...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Mirzaie Yegane, Pouyan E. Boukany, Pacelli Zitha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/22/8575