Keyword

sweep efficiency

Description: A measure of how effectively an injected fluid displaces and contacts fluid within a porous reservoir during enhanced oil recovery.

Primary topic: Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (69%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/sweep-efficiency

In-situ heavy and extra-heavy oil recovery: A review

2016 · Kun Guo, Hailong Li, et al. · Fuel · 770

Review of ASP EOR (alkaline surfactant polymer enhanced oil recovery) technology in the petroleum industry: Prospects and challenges

2014 · Abass A. Olajire · Energy · 762

Review of WAG Field Experience

2001 · J. R. Christensen, E. H. Stenby, et al. · SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering · 692

Capillary trapping for geologic carbon dioxide storage – From pore scale physics to field scale implications

2015 · Samuel Krevor, Martin J. Blunt, et al. · International journal of greenhouse gas control · 603

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Application of Nanoparticles in Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Critical Review of Recent Progress

2017 · Xiaofei Sun, Yanyu Zhang, et al. · Energies · 596

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A comprehensive review of polyacrylamide polymer gels for conformance control

2015 · Baojun Bai, Jia Zhou, et al. · Petroleum Exploration and Development · 477

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Review on Polymer Flooding: Rheology, Adsorption, Stability, and Field Applications of Various Polymer Systems

2015 · Muhammad Shahzad Kamal, Abdullah S. Sultan, et al. · Journal of macromolecular science. Part C, Reviews in macromolecular chemistry and physics/Journal of macromolecular science. Reviews in macromolecular chemistry and physics · 431

Advances in improved/enhanced oil recovery technologies for tight and shale reservoirs

2017 · Lei Wang, Ye Tian, et al. · Fuel · 409

An Experimental Study on the Influence of Sub-Core Scale Heterogeneities on CO2 Distribution in Reservoir Rocks

2009 · Jean-Christophe Perrin, Sally Benson · Transport in Porous Media · 374

Polymer Flooding Review

1987 · Riley B. Needham, Peter H. Doe · Journal of Petroleum Technology · 356

Mobility and Conformance Control for CO2 EOR via Thickeners, Foams, and Gels - A Literature Review of 40 Years of Research and Pilot Tests

2012 · R. M. Enick, D. Olsen, et al. · SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium · 354

Double-Layer Expansion: Is It a Primary Mechanism of Improved Oil Recovery by Low-Salinity Waterflooding?

2014 · Ramez A. Nasralla, Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din · SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering · 330

Review on chemical enhanced oil recovery using polymer flooding: Fundamentals, experimental and numerical simulation

2019 · Ali Mohsenatabar Firozjaii, Hamid Reza Saghafi · Petroleum · 296

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How Much Polymer Should Be Injected During a Polymer Flood? Review of Previous and Current Practices

2016 · R. S. Seright · SPE Journal · 283

Factors Influencing the Efficiency of Miscible Displacement

1959 · R.J. Blackwell, J.R. Rayne, et al. · Transactions of the AIME · 281

Viscous-Elastic Polymer Can Increase Microscale Displacement Efficiency in Cores

2000 · Demin Wang, Jiecheng Cheng, et al. · SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition · 259

Polymer Flooding Technology Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

1978 · H.L. Chang · Journal of Petroleum Technology · 259

Improved Oil Recovery IOR Pilot Projects in the Bakken Formation

2016 · Hoffman B. Todd, John G. Evans · 258

Foam Mobility Control for Surfactant Enhanced Oil Recovery

2010 · Robert Feng Li, Wei Yan, et al. · SPE Journal · 258

The impact of silica nanoparticles on the performance of polymer solution in presence of salts in polymer flooding for heavy oil recovery

2014 · Ali Maghzi, Riyaz Kharrat, et al. · Fuel · 249

The synergistic effects of nanoparticle-surfactant nanofluids in EOR applications

2018 · Mustafa Almahfood, Baojun Bai · Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering · 244

Improving Miscible Displacement by Gas-Water Injection

1958 · B.H. Caudle, A.B. Dyes · Transactions of the AIME · 240

Monitoring wettability alteration by silica nanoparticles during water flooding to heavy oils in five-spot systems: A pore-level investigation

2012 · Ali Maghzi, Saber Mohammadi, et al. · Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science · 235

Visualization of improved sweep with foam in heterogeneous porous media using microfluidics

2012 · Kun Ma, Rachel Liontas, et al. · Soft Matter · 232

Oil displacement mechanisms of viscoelastic polymers in enhanced oil recovery (EOR): a review

2013 · Bing Wei, Laura Romero-Zerón, et al. · Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology · 225

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Citation count: 82,820