microgel — Oil & Gas Glossary
A small fish eye, typically invisible, but which can nevertheless cause formation damage by polymer plugging of pore throats. Microgels may be formed by adding polymer too quickly when viscosifying a completion brine.
A small fish eye, typically invisible, but which can nevertheless cause formation damage by polymer plugging of pore throats. Microgels may be formed by adding polymer too quickly when viscosifying a completion brine.