More Than 12 Years of Experience with a Successful Conformance-Control Polymer Gel Technology

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More Than 12 Years of Experience with a Successful Conformance-Control Polymer Gel Technology R.D. Sydansk; R.D. Sydansk Marathon Oil Company Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar G.P. Southwell G.P. Southwell Marathon Oil Company Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1998. Paper Number: SPE-49315-MS https://doi.org/10.2118/49315-MS Published: September 27 1998 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Get Permissions Search Site Citation Sydansk, R.D., and G.P. Southwell. "More Than 12 Years of Experience with a Successful Conformance-Control Polymer Gel Technology." Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1998. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/49315-MS Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll ProceedingsSociety of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Search Advanced Search AbstractIn this paper, we discuss and describe our extensive experience with the widely applied and quite successful Cr(III)-carboxylate/acrylamide-polymer (CC/AP) gel technology for use in oilfield conformance-control, sweep-improvement, and fluid-shutoff treatments, along with briefly reviewing the gel technology's development. Chromic triacetate is the often- preferred chemical crosslinking agent used in conjunction with this polymer-gel technology. The CC/AP gel technology, which was conceived in late 1984, is characterized as having a robust gel chemistry and as being highly insensitive to petroleum reservoir environments and interferences. This gel technology has been employed in over 1,400 conformance- control treatments worldwide. Highlights of illustrative field applications and results involving the CC/AP conformance- control gel technology are presented. An overview of what a decade-plus of experience in developing and applying the CC/AP gel technology has taught us is discussed. This includes discussion of: classifying and distinguishing conformance problems and treatments, attributes of good candidate wells and well patterns for gel conformance-control treatments, requirements that must be met in candidate wells and well patterns in order to achieve success, gel treatment elements that must be successfully implemented in order to achieve success, guidelines where conformance polymer-gel treatments are most successfully applied, risks and pitfalls of gel conformance treatments, and quality control issues.P. 841 Keywords: water production, sydansk, fracture, gel, application, oil production, production well, gel treatment, conformance improvement, well pattern Subjects: Improved and Enhanced Recovery, Conformance improvement This content is only available via PDF. 1998. Society of Petroleum Engineers You can access this article if you purchase or spend a download.