Research Progress and Development Trend of Heavy Oil Chemical Viscosity Reducing Agent
In the dual-carbon context,how to economically,efficiently,and greenly enhance the recovery of heavy oil reservoirs by heavy oil recovery technology based on thermal recovery is a key concern of researchers.The es-sence of realizing commercial development of heavy oil reservoirs is to reduce the viscosity and enhance the flow ca-pacity of heavy oil.The article systematically analyzed the viscosity-inducing mechanism of heavy oil and the vis-cosity-reducing mechanism of various viscosity reducers,summarized the synthesis processes of emulsifying viscosi-ty reducers,oil-soluble viscosity reducers,and nano viscosity reducers,and evaluated the advantages and short-comings of different viscosity reducers.The advantages and shortcomings of different viscosity reducers were evalua-ted.The development trend of viscosity reducers was also discussed and prospected.Sorting out the existing chemi-cal viscosity reducers could help develop new viscosity reducer systems and enhance the recovery of heavy oil reser-voirs.
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