Study on Synthesis and Performance of a Hybrid Crosslinked Composite Gel for High-Temperature Lost Circulation Control
, thereby enhancing temperature resistance. Laponite nanoplatelets are incorporated as a toughening agent and physical crosslinking points, while a self-synthesized reactive microgel (BWL) serves as the organic crosslinking core. Through copolymerization with monomers such as acrylamide (AM) and methacrylic acid (MAA), a triple-crosslinked network structure is constructed. Compared with conventional gels, the synthesized hybrid crosslinked composite gel maintains a high storage modulus and loss modulus after aging at 140 °C and exhibits excellent tensile and compressive properties. Furthermore, the gel was processed into particle-based lost circulation materials with different particle sizes. High-temperature and high-pressure plugging experiments demonstrate that when using a mixed system of 40-60 mesh, 20-40 mesh, and 10-20 mesh gel particles with a total concentration of 2%, it can effectively seal highly permeable sand beds and fractures with apertures up to 5 mm. This meets the engineering requirements for lost circulation materials with high strength and high stability in deep, high-temperature formations.
Authors
- Huijun Hao
- Zhangkun Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8736-5031)
- Chaofei Wang
- Jiangang Shi
- Tao Ren
- Xuyang Yao
Institutions
- China University of Petroleum, East China (CN)
- China National Petroleum Corporation (China) (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Gels
- Published
- 2026-04-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/gels12040325
- Primary Topic
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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