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Principles of Enhanced Oil Recovery

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Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes are very important for us to maintain the production of oilfields. This chapter first introduces the definition and characteristics of EOR. Classification and description of EOR processes are presented. Then, thermal recovery processes are introduced, such as cyclic steam stimulation, steamdrive, and in situ combustion. Then the chapter discusses several kinds of miscible gas floodings, design procedures, and criteria of a miscible displacement process. Then it focuses on the most widely used EOR process in China, named chemical flooding, especially polymer flooding. Finally, the chapter introduces MEOR (Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery) process, which is believed to be profound in the future.

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  1. Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    Fayang Jin

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  1. School of Oil & Natural Gas Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University School of Oil & Natural Gas Engineering, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    Xuetao Hu

  2. School of Oil and Natural Gas Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    Shuyong Hu

  3. School of Oil and Natural Gas Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    Fayang Jin

  4. and Gasfield Comp, PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gasfield Comp, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    Su Huang

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Jin, F. (2017). Principles of Enhanced Oil Recovery. In: Hu, X., Hu, S., Jin, F., Huang, S. (eds) Physics of Petroleum Reservoirs. Springer Geophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55026-7_5

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