Table 2 The results of HPAM and HEC flooding after water flooding (injection rate: 0.5 mL/min).

From: Experimental Study of Rheological Properties and Oil Displacement Efficiency in Oilfields for a Synthetic Hydrophobically Modified Polymer

Core No.

Polymer

Length (cm)

Section area (cm2)

Permeability (µm2)

Porosity (%)

Injected slug (PV)

Incremental oil recovery (%)

I phase

II phase

III phase

Water flooding

HPAM flooding

HEC flooding

2-a#

HPAM/HEC (4000 mg/L)

30

4.676

1.821

34.02

0.3

36.4

3.0

3.6

2-b#

30

4.676

1.812

34.16

0.4

35.9

4.3

4.9

2-c#

30

4.676

1.819

33.96

0.5

37.5

5.5

6.0

2-d#

30

4.676

1.825

35.09

0.6

37.1

6.4

7.3

2-e#

30

4.676

1.809

33.82

0.7

36.2

6.2

7.9