CIESC Journal ›› 2025, Vol. 76 ›› Issue (12): 6121-6133.DOI: 10.11949/0438-1157.20250333

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Research progress of water-soluble polymer viscosity reducer

Fumin ZHANG1,2(), Yefei WANG1,2(), Hongbo WANG3, Mingchen DING1,2, Wuhua CHEN1,2, Jian LIAO1,2, Jianbin LIU4, Zhixue HUANG1,2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China
    2.Shandong Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Field Chemistry, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China
    3.Research Institute of Exploration and Development,PetroChina Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Karamay 834000, Xinjiang, China
    4.College of Petroleum Engineering, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2025-04-02 Revised:2025-06-26 Online:2026-01-23 Published:2025-12-31
  • Contact: Yefei WANG

水溶性聚合物型稠油降黏剂研究进展

张富民1,2(), 王业飞1,2(), 王红波3, 丁名臣1,2, 陈五花1,2, 廖健1,2, 刘建斌4, 黄志学1,2   

  1. 1.中国石油大学(华东)深层油气全国重点实验室,山东 青岛 266580
    2.中国石油大学(华东)山东省油气田化学 重点实验室,山东 青岛 266580
    3.中国石油新疆油田分公司勘探开发研究院,新疆 克拉玛依 834000
    4.西安石油大学 石油工程学院,陕西 西安 710065
  • 通讯作者: 王业飞
  • 作者简介:张富民(1998—),男,博士研究生,zfm110239@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(52474071)

Abstract:

The high viscosity and low mobility of heavy oil are the technical bottlenecks restricting its recovery. Water-soluble polymer viscosity reducers, with their unique synergistic mechanism of reducing oil viscosity and increasing water viscosity, provide a promising chemical flooding approach to address this problem. This article reviews the mechanism of action of water-soluble polymer-based heavy oil viscosity reducers and explores the progress in molecular design of polymer-based viscosity reducers. It focuses on dissecting the progress of polymer structures from conventional long-chain alkyl and aromatic monomers to stimuli-responsive monomers. The viscosity reduction effect and mechanism of different types of polymer-type viscosity reducers are analyzed. Although existing polymer-based viscosity reducers have demonstrated notable success in lowering heavy oil viscosity, they still face challenges, including unclear transport behavior in porous media, difficulty in demulsification, and concerns regarding economic feasibility.

Key words: conventional heavy oil, water-soluble viscosity reducer, polymer, emulsion, viscosity

摘要:

稠油的高黏度与低流动性是制约其开采的技术瓶颈。水溶性聚合物型降黏剂凭借其对油相降黏与水相增黏的独特双效协同机制,为解决此难题提供了极具前景的化学驱途径。综述了水溶性聚合物型稠油降黏剂的作用机理,探讨了聚合物型降黏剂的分子设计进展。从常规的长链烷基类单体、芳香族单体到响应型单体,研究了这些单体在水溶性聚合物型降黏剂中的应用,并分析了不同类型聚合物型降黏剂的降黏效果及机理。尽管现有的聚合物降黏剂在降低稠油黏度方面取得了显著成效,但仍面临多孔介质中规律不清晰、乳状液破乳难以及经济性等挑战。

关键词: 普通稠油, 水溶性降黏剂, 聚合物, 乳液, 黏度

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