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POLYMER SLUG [5 records]

Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

A two-step enhanced oil recovery process in which a surfactant slug is injected into the well followed by a larger slug of water containing a high-molecular-weight polymer which pushes the chemicals through the field and improves mobility and sweep efficiency.

Key term(s)
  • micellar flood

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

[...] les microémulsions utilisées sont composées de 4 à 80 % de pétrole [...], de 10 à 90 % de saumure [...] et de mélanges de sulfonates ou autres tensioactifs (5 à 15 %) et d'alcools (5 %). On injecte dans le gisement une quantité de microémulsions correspondant à 5 à 10 % du volume des pores de la zone à traiter; [...] on ne pousse pas la microémulsion par de l'eau [...] mais par un volumineux bouchon de polymères en solution [...] L'injection de microémulsion suivie de polymères [...] est le dernier né des procédés de récupération assistée du pétrole; [...]

OBS

La revue Journal of Petroleum Technology utilisée comme source (octobre 1983) porte par erreur le no 10 qui est celui du mois de septembre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

... it would not be economical to use polymer continuously over the entire life of the flood... At some time during the early life of the process, injection of polymer solution must be terminated at some "slug cut-off" point. This polymer slug is then moved through the reservoir by the continued injection of normal brine.

Key term(s)
  • slug cut-off

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
OBS

On injecte d'abord dans le gisement la solution de polymères; [...] derrière ce «bouchon» qui va pousser devant lui l'huile à déplacer [...] on injecte ensuite de l'eau ordinaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

If the water is being used for a miscible slug or polymer formulation, it may be necessary to process the filtered water through an iron exchange water softener.

CONT

... the reservoir temperature must be less than the critical temperature of the miscible slug.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

Refoulement par l'eau des bouchons miscibles. [...] une limite inférieure du rapport gaz-eau est celle pour laquelle le gaz et l'eau ont des vitesses égales dans le réservoir. Si l'on dépasse cette limite l'eau [...] vient en contact avec le bouchon de solvant et l'on n'a plus affaire à un déplacement miscible, mais à un balayage par l'eau [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

Mungan introduced the so-called "programmed slug process"-that is the injection of a constant concentration polymer slug for a given time and following it by a polymer solution of continually decreasing concentration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

A stabilized oil bank will build up ahead of the slug.... this oil bank will flow with a certain mobility. The surfactant slug's mobility should be less than the oil bank mobility. Likewise, for efficient displacement the mobility control polymer should be less mobile than slug and oil banks. Loss of mobility control in the fluid sequence will cause fingering and reduced displacement efficiency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

En général, pour assurer un bon contrôle des mobilités, le bouchon de tensio-actifs est formé par un bouchon de polymère.

Spanish

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