To provide a high-strength, non-resin organic plugging agent for water shutoff in carbonate fracture and cave reservoirs, high-strength gel was prepared with polyvinyl alcohol 1788 as gelant p-phthalaldehyde crosslinker this study. By selecting latent acids rather than strong acid such hydrochloric sulfuric catalysts, by adding clay sulphonated phenolic resin stabilisers to the gelation, drawba...