Ronald Omara Erik

Mr. Ronald Omara Erik

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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9 August 2022 in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
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WJWang Jing
Wang Jing
BHBai Hao
Bai Hao
WSWang Shun
Wang Shun
LRLiu Renjing
Liu Renjing
JZJi Zemin
Ji Zemin
RERonald Omara Erik
Ronald Omara Erik

27 August 2025 in Gels
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WZWenjing Zhao
Wenjing Zhao
JWJing Wang
Jing Wang
TWTiangjiang Wu
Tiangjiang Wu
RERonald Omara Erik
Ronald Omara Erik
ZQZhongyang Qi
Zhongyang Qi
HLHuiqing Liu
Huiqing Liu
Pan-connected interlayers are widely present in oil reservoirs, forming flow channels at different positions. However, conventional profile control agents struggle to plug deep interlayer channels in reservoirs, limiting the swept volume of injected water. Additionally, a clear methodology for physically simulating pan-connected reservoirs with interlayer channels and calculating interchannel flow rates remains lacking. In this study, a physical model of pan-connected interlayer reservoirs was constructed to carry out deformable gel particles (DGPs) plugging experiments on interlayer channels. A mass conservation-based flow rate calculation method for interlayer channels with iterative solution was proposed, revealing the variation law of interlayer channel flow rates during DGP injection and subsequent water flooding. Finally, oil displacement and DGP profile control experiments in pan-connected interlayer reservoirs were conducted. The study shows that during DGP injection, injected water enters the potential layer through interlayer channels in the middle and front of the water-channeling layer and bypasses back to the water-channeling layer through channels near the production well. With the increase in DGP injection volume, the flow rate of each channel increases. During subsequent water flooding, DGP breakage leads to a rapid decline in its along-path plugging capability, so water bypasses back to the water-channeling layer from the potential layer through all interlayer channels. As the DGP injection volume increases, the flow rate of each channel decreases. Large-volume DGPs can regulate interlayer channeling reservoirs in the high water cut stage. Its effectiveness mechanism involves particle migration increasing the interlayer pressure difference, which drives injected water to sweep from the water-channeling layer to the potential layer through interlayer channels, improving oil recovery by 19.74%. The flow characteristics of interlayer channels during DGP injection play a positive role in oil displacement, so the oil recovery degree in this process is greater than that in the subsequent water flooding stage under each injection volume condition. The core objective of this study is to investigate the plugging mechanism of DGPs in pan-connected interlayer channels of high-water-cut reservoirs, establish a method to quantify interlayer flow rates, and reveal how DGPs regulate flow redistribution to enhance oil recovery.