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Stimuli-Responsive Polymers and their Potential Applications in Oil-Gas Industry

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Pages 706-733 | Received 03 Oct 2014, Accepted 08 Apr 2015, Published online: 07 Aug 2015
 

Abstract

Polymers with properties well-controlled by minor environmental variations have been widely utilized in nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanomedicine. Herein, the classification of stimuli-responsive polymers will be discussed and related to some possible applications in the oil-gas industry. Current studies of stimuli-responsive polymers in the oil-gas production are mainly focused on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. Still, their potential applications in various aspects of the oil-gas industry from upstream, midstream, and downstream processes are found to be promising.

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