Study of the permeability-reducing characteristics of polyacrylamide/chromium gels

abstract

• Studies were conducted on the permeability-reducing characteristics of polyacrylamide/chromium gels in high-permeability sandpacks containing residual oil saturation. Results of the polyacrylamide/chromium gel study have shown that weak gels reduce sandpack permeabilities a small amount; strong gels completely plug sandpacks when the pressure differential is below the yield stress of the gel. The gel yield stress measured in simple tube-flow experiments correlated well with the plugging observed in the sandpack experiments.

authors

• Hill, Alfred
• Liang, Jenn-Tai

published proceedings

• In Situ

author list (cited authors)

• Liang, J., Tsau, J. S., Hill, A. D., & Sepehrnoori, K.

complete list of authors

• Liang, J||Tsau, JS||Hill, AD||Sepehrnoori, K

publication date

• January 1991

published in

• Petroleum Science and Technology  Journal

start page

• 246

end page

• 270

volume

• 15

issue

• 3