Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41294541›Full record

ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Development and Mechanism of the Graded Polymer Profile-Control Agent for Heterogeneous Heavy Oil Reservoirs Under Water Flooding.

Tiantian Yu, Wangang Zheng, Xueqian Guan, Aifen Li, Dechun Chen, Wei Chu, Xin Xia

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tiantian YuSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
Wangang ZhengShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Production Technology, Dongying 257000, China.
Xueqian GuanShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Production Technology, Dongying 257000, China.
Aifen LiSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
Dechun ChenSchool of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
Wei ChuShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Production Technology, Dongying 257000, China.
Xin XiaShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Production Technology, Dongying 257000, China.

Funding

National Science and Technology Major Project for New Type of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development 2025ZD1407700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During water flooding processes, the high viscosity of heavy oil and significant reservoir heterogeneity often lead to severe water channeling and low sweep efficiency. Addressing the limitations of traditional hydrophobically associating polymer-based profile-control agents-such as significant adsorption loss, mechanical degradation during reservoir migration, resulting in a limited effective radius and short functional duration-this study developed a polymeric graded profile-control agent suitable for highly heterogeneous conditions. The physicochemical properties of the system were comprehensively evaluated through systematic testing of its apparent viscosity, salt tolerance, and anti-aging performance. The microscopic oil displacement mechanisms in porous media were elucidated by combining CT scanning and microfluidic visual displacement experiments. Experimental results indicate that the agent exhibits significant hydrophobic association behavior, with a critical association concentration of 1370 mg·L

Indexed as

emulsion blockinggraded profile controlheavy oilhydrophobic associationprofile-control agent

Identifiers

PMID41294541
PMCPMC12652002

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.