1990 Annual Report

Seright, R.S. and Martin, F.D.: "Fluid Diversion and Sweep Improvement with Chemical Gels in Oil Recovery Processes," second annual report (DOE/BC/14447-8), Contract No. DE-FG22-89BC14447, U.S. DOE (June 1991).

 
Title Page   Abstract   Table of Contents  Acknowledgments   Executive Summary   
 
Chapter 1: Introduction
 
Chapter 2:Gel Screening Studies
 
Chapter 3:Impact of Gelation pH, Rock Permeability, and Lithology on the Performance of a Monomer-Based Gel
 
Chapter 4:A Preliminary Study of Permeability Reduction for CO2 and Water Using a Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Gel
 
Chapter 5: A Preliminary Study of Permeability Reduction for Oil and Water Using a Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Gel
 
Chapter 6:Rheology of Chromium (III) - Xanthan Gels and Gelants in Porous Media
 
Chapter 7: Impact of Diffusion, Dispersion, and Viscous Fingering on Gel Placement in Injection Wells
 
Chapter 8: An Examination of Flow-Profile Changes for Field Applications of Gel Treatments in Injection Wells
 
Nomenclature & References
 
Appendix A:Procedure for Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Glass Micromodels
 
Appendix B:Gelation Studies at the Optimum Reaction pH
 
Appendix C:Gelation Studies at pH=7
 
Appendix D: Results from Core Experiments with Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Gelants
 
Appendix E: Data from Viscous Fingering Experiments
 
Appendix F: Fortran Coding for Theoretical Model: Radial Flow
 
Appendix G:Fortran Coding for Theoretical Model: Linear Flow
 
Appendix H: Formulations for Numerical Model