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A video from Randy Seright summarizing the current status and future directions of Polymer Flooding (2023).
UK Oil and Gas Authority
Randy Seright’s online course
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to polymer flooding for improved sweep and mobility control in reservoirs. It makes a distinction between polymer flooding and gel treatments. Topics covered include rheology in porous media, injectivity issues, polymer stability (mechanical, oxidative, chemical/thermal, microbial), polymer retention and propagation issues, and polymer flood design. A comparison of polymer flooding versus in-depth profile modification is provided.
You can download the complete presentation here, or download individual chapters by following the links below.
Polymer Flooding Topics
- Distinction between polymer floods and gel treatments
- Overview of polymer flooding
- Potential for polymer flooding viscous oils
- How much polymer should be injected?
- Rheology in porous media
- Injectivity
- Polymer retention
- Chemical/Oxidative stability of polymers
- Polymer flooding versus in-depth gelation
- Colloidal dispersion gels
- Can polymers Reduce Sor below that for waterflooding?
- Other approaches for mobility control
- Surface issues for polymer flooding