Research Article

Insights into Enhanced Oil Recovery by Polymer-Viscosity Reducing Surfactant Combination Flooding in Conventional Heavy Oil Reservoir

Table 3

The incremental oil recovery results of polymer flooding and polymer-viscosity reducing surfactant flooding.

Chemical slugSand packsWater flooding recovery (%)Chemical flooding and subsequent water flooding recovery (%)Incremental oil recovery (%)

0.15% PHigh permeability60.577.016.5
Low permeability9.620.811.2
Total37.451.514.1

0.15% P+0.4% D1High permeability57.375.718.4
Low permeability12.331.819.5
Total37.356.218.9

0.15% P+0.4% A1High permeability60.579.619.1
Low permeability11.234.723.5
Total37.959.121.2