Displacement results of emulsion polymer (GF-1) and conventional polymer in heterogeneous cores.
Injection solution | Oil recovery by the water flood, % | Overall oil recovery, % | Incremental oil recovery by the polymer flood | ||||||
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HPCa | LPCb | Total | HPC | LPC | Total | HPC | LPC | Total | |
Emulsion polymer | 45.26 | 12.26 | 30.47 | 67.11 | 49.76 | 58.74 | 21.85 | 37.50 | 28.27 |
Conventional polymer | 46.45 | 13.82 | 31.85 | 67.83 | 44.47 | 57.38 | 21.38 | 30.65 | 25.53 |
HPC = high permeability core.
LPC = low permeability core.