A Study of Micellar/Polymer Flooding Using a Compositional Simulator

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dc.contributor.advisorPope, Gary A.
dc.creatorChing-Tsao Lin, Eugene
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-08T22:28:14Z
dc.date.available2020-04-08T22:28:14Z
dc.date.issued1981-12
dc.description.abstractAn existing compositional chemical flooding simulator was modified and extended to include: 1) the effects of non-Newtonian behavior of polymer solutions, inaccessible pore volume and permeability reduction; 2) physical dispersion; 3) alcohol as a new component; and 4) relative pressure drop, which was modeled to study the mobility control of the process. Micellar/polymer oil recovery experiments were conducted and were history matched using the modified compositional simulator. The water flooding histories were matched using input parameters which were close to the laboratory measured values. The same parameters were employed for the simulation of the micellar/polymer oil recovery experiments and provided a good match of the oil breakthrough time. Other published micellar/polymer laboratory experiments were also matched. The senstivity of the oil recovery for these and similar floods to several process variables was investigated. These variables included salinity gradient, oil content of the slug, polymer buffer grading, and·relative permeability.en_US
dc.description.departmentPetroleum and Geosystems Engineeringen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/80526
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/7542
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectPolymer Floodingen_US
dc.subjectMicellar Floodingen_US
dc.subjectCompositional Simulationen_US
dc.subjectOil Recoveryen_US
dc.titleA Study of Micellar/Polymer Flooding Using a Compositional Simulatoren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentPetroleum and Geosystems Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePetroleum Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US

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