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).