EVALUATION OF POLYMERIC FLUIDS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY USING POROUS MEDIA MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES
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In order to optimize oil production, which accounts for a large part of Brazil's energy matrix, many studies have focused on developing new technologies to achieve a higher percentage of oil recovery. To this end, one of the most widely researched technologies is enhanced oil recovery (EOR), which consists, in its chemical method, of injecting additives (mainly polymers) that will help to sweep up the oil contained in the reservoir more efficiently. The most widely used polymer for this purpose is hydrolyzed partially polyacrylamide (HPAM), mainly due to its shear strength and low cost. HPAM, however, is not suitable for high salinity and temperature conditions, leading to the observation of several studies aimed at evaluating its mechanism of interaction with oil in reservoir conditions. The evolution of methods for evaluating such fluids is extremely important to help develop a more effective polymeric fluid. For this reason, the use of micromodels has been an alternative, mainly due to their transparency, allowing visualization of the fluid's behavior when injected into reservoirs. In addition, various parameters can be altered, such as the material, geometry and pore size, resulting in a device that approximates reservoir conditions. In this paper, the main studies that demonstrate advances in micromodel technology for application in EOR studies with polymer injection were discussed.
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