Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology

Sarpong GO

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• Research Article
  Modelling Gelation Time of Organically Cross-linked Water-shutoff Systems for Oil Wells
  Author(s): Marfo SA, Appah D, Joel OF and Ofori-Sarpong GMarfo SA, Appah D, Joel OF and Ofori-Sarpong G
  
  Water production is one of the major challenges in the petroleum industry, especially brown fields and water drive reservoirs. Water production can weaken the cementation of sand grains, thereby rendering formations partially or completely unconsolidated. This in turn initiates fines migration and aggravates safety concerns. The gelation time is an important characteristic of water-shutoff systems and it is influenced by different parameters. The gelation time gives an indication of the time required for a gel to transit from free flowing fluid to solid or semi-solid gel making it difficult to pump. Organically cross-linked gels have numerous applications in the industry such as shutoff systems. They are used to control water and gas production in oil wells. The effect of cross-linker concentration, temperature and brine concentration on the gelation time of an organically crosslinked.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7463.1000267

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