Comparative Study of Biopolymer Flooding: A Core Flooding and Numerical Reservoir Simulator Validation Analysis

Table 7

Oil recovery values for the polymers.

wt%	Xanthan gum		Guar gum		Gum Arabic
	Oil produced (scc)	Recovery (%)	Oil produced (scc)	Recovery (%)	wt%	Oil produced (scc)	Recovery (%)
0.1	259,530.84	9.83	259,504.72	9.82	0.4	260,839.91	9.88
0.2	260,340.00	9.86	260,190.59	9.85	0.5	261,441.00	9.90
0.3	261,726.19	9.91	261,037.50	9.88	1	263,036.91	9.96
0.4	262,424.22	9.94	262,201.97	9.93	5	273,219.88	10.34
0.5	263,075.25	9.96	262,739.50	9.95	10	284,861.94	10.78
1	265,742.69	10.06	265,712.25	10.06	15	292,827.16	11.09

scc: standard cubic feet.