Displacement Efficiency for Low-Salinity Polymer Flooding Including Wettability Alteration
- 26 October 2016
- journal article
- Published by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in SPE Journal
- Vol. 22 (02), 417-430
- https://doi.org/10.2118/179695-pa
Abstract
Summary Polymer flooding can significantly improve sweep and delay breakthrough of injected water, thereby increasing oil recovery. Polymer viscosity degrades in reservoirs with high-salinity brines, so it is advantageous to inject low-salinity wateKeywords
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