Water-Soluble Polymers for Petroleum Recovery

Abstract

Overview.- The Role of Polymers in Enhanced Oil Recovery.- A Review of Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Complex Polymers for Use in the Recovery of Petroleum and Other Natural Resources.- Propagation of Polymer Slugs Through Adsorbent Porous Media.- The Simulation of Polymer Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media.- Correlation of the Flow of Flocon 4800 Biopolymer with Polymer Concentration and Rock Properties in Berea Sandstone.- Polymer Chemistry/Preparation.- High Temperature and Hardness Stable Copolymers of Vinylpyrrolidone and Acrylamide.- Vinyl Sulfonate/Vinyl Amide Copolymers as Temperature- and Salt-Stable Thickeners for EOR Flooding Processes.- Thermally Stable Acrylic Polymer for Profile Modification Applications.- Hydrophobically Associating Polymers.- Structurally Tailored Macromolecules for Mobility Control in Enhanced Oil Recovery.- Behavior of Polyampholytes in Aqueous Salt Solution.- The Aqueous Conformation and Solubility of Polyvinylpyrrolidone in Relation to the Use of Polymers in Oil Recovery.- Polymer Characterization.- Size Characterization of EOR Polymers in Solution.- Absolute MWD's of Polyacrylamides by Sedimentation and Light Scattering.- A Comparative Study of Xanthans by Light Scattering.- Conformational Analysis of Xanthan and Welan Using Electron Microscopy.- Dynamic Uniaxial Extensional Viscosities and Their Importance in the Mechanical Stability of Water-Soluble Carbohydrate Polymer Solutions.- Thermally Promoted Hydrolysis of Polyacrylamide.- Role of Imidization in Thermal Hydrolysis of Polyacrylamides.- Evaluation of Polymers for Oilfield Use: Viscosity Development, Filterability and Degradation.- Crosslinked Polymers.- The Application of Gels in Enhanced Oil Recovery: Theory, Polymers and Crosslinker Systems.- Laboratory Evaluation of Crosslinked Polymer Gels for Water Diversion.- Study of Intra-Molecular Crosslinking of Polyacrylamide in Cr(III)-Polyacrylamide Gelation by Size-Exclusion Chromatography, Low-Angle Laser Light Scattering, and Viscometry.- Detection of Microgels in EOR Polymers Using Microcapillary Flow.