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. 2020 Oct 21;12(10):2429. doi: 10.3390/polym12102429

Table 6.

Key information of some of the field projects reported in the literature.

Field Name/Segment Polymer Type Lith. Temp. (°C) Formation Water TDS (ppm) Well Spacing(m) Polymer Injection Viscosity (cP) Oil Viscosity (cP) Recovery Method Reference
Niagara PAM Sand NR NR 30 1.35 16 Sec. [110]
West Cat Canyon HPAM Sand 63 NR 200–400 12 (12 rpm at 24 °C) 110 Sec. [111]
Vernon/Upper Squirrel HPAM Sand 24 NR 90–240 1.4 75 Tert. [112]
Huntington Beach/Garfield HPAM Sand 52 31,801 300 NR 76 Tert. [113]
East Coalinga XG and Kelzan Sand 38 NR 150 NR 25 (res.) Tert. [109]
Vorhop-Knesebeck/Dogger Xanthan (state oil) Sand 56 220,000 NR 4 4 Tert. [109]
Daqing/Putuahoa form, PO HPAM (10 MDa) Sand 45 60,000 100 NR 9.5 Tert. [114]
Eddesse-Nord Xanthan Sand 22 120,000 60 12 7 Tert. [115]
Chateaurenard/Courtnay HPAM Sand 30 400 400 10 40 @ 30 °C Tert. [116]
West Castle/Reservoir AQ HPAM (NaCl 3857) Sand NR NR 66 4 NR NR [117]
Daqing/Saertu form PAM (10 MDa, 22–25% hydro) Sand 45 7000 200 28 9.5 Tert. [109]
Captain HPAM (30% hydro) Sand 31 13,000–18,000 NR 4.5 (500 ppm) 88 @ 31°C NR [109]
Pelican Lake/Wabiskaw HPAM (13.6 MDa, 32% hydro) Sand 23 6853 150 30 600–1000 Tert. [118]
Shuang He/Layer II HPAM (14.3 MDa, 23% hydro) Sand 72 4356 250 58 (well head) 7.8 Tert. [119]
Carmopolis HPAM (Flopam SNF) Sand 50 17,091 NR 30 50 Tert. [120]
Daqing/ZQXB HPAM Sand 65 NR NR 200–250 9.5 Tert. [121]
Sanand/KS-III HPAM Sand 85 NR 200 NR 20 Tert. [122]
East Bodo/Lloydminster HPAM (F3630) Sand NR 29,000 NR 60 600–2000 Tert. [123]
Dalia, Camelia HPAM (18–20 MDa) Sand 45–56 117,700 1000–1500 3.3 1–11 NR [124]
Tambaredjo HPAM Sand 38 5000 100–600 45 (well head) 300–600 Tert. [125]

NR = Not recorded; Lith. (lithology); Temp. (temperature); Sec. (secondary); Tert. (tertiary).