A network model has been developed to study and describe formation damage resulting from particle entrapment in porous media by straining or size exclusion. Unlike the previous network models, this model considers the simultaneous entry ofa number of particles into the network, as well as the effects of fluid flow on the particle transport path. A systematic study has been carried out on the fl...

Recent developments in water-soluble hydrophobically associating polymers are examined with particular emphasis on their use for oilfield applications. These polymers have potential for use in EOR, acidizing, drilling fluids, completion fluids and profile modification. They have also been reported to selectively reduce water permeability in sandstones, and have been used as drag-reducing agents...

The inhibition properties of synthesized imine compounds N,Nʹ-bis(2,4-dihydroxyhydroxybenzaldehyde)-1,3-Propandiimine, N, N′-bis(2,4-dihydroxypropiophenone)-2,2-dimethylpropandiimine, N,Nʹ-bis(2,4-dihydroxyacetophenone)-1,3-Propandiimine has been investigated for API-5L-X65 steel corrosion in hydrochloric acid by scanning electron microscopy, potentiodynamic polarization and impedance spectrosc...

The corrosion inhibition of API 5L X60 pipeline steel in oil well acidizing fluid stimulated with 1.0 M HCl by Tranexamic Acid (TXA) was investigated using potentiodynamic polarization (PDP), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and the conventional gravimetric or weight loss (WL) techniques at temperatures ranging from 303 to 323 K. Surface morphological analysis was carried out us...

In matrix acidizing operations, the main goal is increasing permeability. For production engineers, it is desirable that acid could be injected into whole [M.N.1] [amehri.gh2] pay zone. Sometimes, this pay zone has a long height and various sub-layers which have different permeability values. To prevent acid from going completely into the most permeable sub-layer, one of the useful techniques i...