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Water and Polymer Flooding in Heavy Oil Reservoirs

Water and Polymer Flooding in Heavy Oil Reservoirs

GE Baker Hughes
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Case History Normally the idea of waterflooding heavy oil reservoirs is impractical. One issue that stands out immediately is the highly unfavorable mobility ratio. While heavy oils have viscosities of 100 cp to 1000 cp and higher, water has a viscosity of just 1 cp; this large mobility ratio may cause some to immediately disregard the idea of waterflooding. There are several cases throughout Alberta that show very favorable results fro

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