Gel Treatment of Injectors – Theory and Practice

C22 GEL TREATMENT OF INJECTORS –THEORY AND PRACTICE Abstract 1 FEDOROV K.M. (TYUMEN STATE UNIVERSITY) PAVLOV N.E. (RNTC LUKOIL-WEST SIBERIA) ANDREEV V.E. (BASHKIRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES) Semakova st. 10 Tyumen 625003 RUSSIA Gel treatment of producers and injectors is a common field operation for waterflood conformance improvement in West Siberia. The purpose of the method application is flow diverting in a reservoir stratification and sweep improvement. The method is usually applied on the last stage of field development when water breakthrough leads to the high watercut in the production fluid. The analysis of field practice of the Urai department of