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Name: Waseem Abass
Roll no: F16PG54
Resented to: Habib U zaman
Date: 25 -7-2020
Subject: Enhanced Oil Recovery
Constraints of Different Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods
2.Chemical Injection
2.1. POLYMER FLOODING:
A. Susceptibility of polymer to thermal
B. Bacterial, Chemical and mechanical degradation.
C. Not useful for low permeable Reservoirs
2.2 Surfactant Flooding
D. Ultra low interfacial tension for effective residual oil mobility is complex process
E. Large amount is needed for substantial oil recovery.
F. Additional polymers are required to augment the viscosity of surfactant slug and oil.
2.3 Alkaline Flooding
G. Scale formation is serious issue
H. Unfavorable Fingering
I. Effective volumetric sweep efficiency
2.4 Surfactant Polymers
J. Chemical like brine and additives are incompatible
A. Constraints of Different Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods
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2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9781856178242/working-guide-to-reservoir-engineering