Enhanced oil recovery performance and viscosity characteristics of polysaccharide xanthan gum solution

Hee Yeon Jang; Ke Zhang; Bo Hyun Chon; Hyoung Jin Choi

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.21, 741-745, January, 2015

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2014.04.005 Export Citation

Enhanced oil recovery performance and viscosity characteristics of polysaccharide xanthan gum solution

Hee Yeon Jang¹, Ke Zhang^{2, 3}, Bo Hyun Chon^{1, †}, and Hyoung Jin Choi^{3, †}

¹Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Republic of Korea
²School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China
³Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Republic of Korea

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This study compared the potential applications of xanthan gum and hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) as polymer-flooding agents for heavy oil recovery applications under a range of salinity conditions. Rheological measurements were carried out to examine the change in shear viscosity when the polymer was applied under a range of reservoir conditions. The results showed that the shear viscosity of the xanthan gum solution was less sensitive to increasing temperatures and salinity than that of the HPAM solution. Accordingly, a xanthan gum injection is more effective than HPAM under higher salinity reservoir conditions.

Keywords:Xanthan gum;Rheology;Polymer flooding;Enhanced oil recovery

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