Integrated approach to laboratory studies of polymer systems used in the water shut-off technologies
Previous laboratory researches carried out in recent years prove the lack of comprehensive methodologies to ensure the laboratory support for the introduction of new EOR methods in the RF fields. With account of the innovative technologies growth and the need to implement the strategic objectives to increase the oil recovery factor, there exists the necessity of developing some method to be applied for testing each type of the technology. The paper considers the problem of an integrated approach to laboratory testing of polymer systems used in water-inflow limitation technologies as well as proposes the procedure for water-proofing systems research in the "free volume" and using core material that envisages studying of all necessary parameters characterizing the reactants efficiency.