Abstract
Chromium acetate-HPAM gel is developed to solve the gas channeling problem in low-permeability flue gas flooding reservoirs. Polyacrylamide with low molecular weight of 2 million is optimized as the main agent to construct an organic chromium gel system. The acid resistance performance and blocking capacity of the gel system are evaluated afterwards. It is revealed by the tests that acid components in flue gas have a severe impact on the gelation time, strength as well as long-term stability of the cross-linked gels. Rheological tests show that the gel system embodies with high elastic modulus in flue gas environment at 42°C, which ensures its favorable performance in core flooding tests. After gel application in cores, the permeability reduction can reach up to 99% and 97% separately while water flooding and flue gas flooding. The chromium acetate-HPAM gel exhibits perfect mobility control ability and possesses immense potential as regulating blocking system in low-permeability flue gas flooding reservoirs.
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