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- Patent Title: Biological augmentation of low salinity water flooding to improve oil release using nutrient supplementation of injected low salinity water
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Application No.: US14307133Application Date: 2014-06-17
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Publication No.: US10077393B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Alan James Sheehy , Bradley Ray Govreau , Colin Kenneth Hill , Michael Thomas Carroll , Brian W. G. Marcotte
- Applicant: TITAN OIL RECOVERY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Beverly Hills
- Assignee: Titan Oil Recovery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Titan Oil Recovery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Beverly Hills
- Agency: Zarley Law Firm, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: E21B43/16
- IPC: E21B43/16 ; C09K8/582 ; E21B43/26 ; C09K8/60
Abstract:
A method of enhancing oil recovery includes the step of determining a specific nutrient package used to initiate a microbiological response under actual reservoir conditions in combination with low salinity water injection. Once determined, the specific nutrient package is applied to at least one targeted well to stimulate resident microorganisms such that size or hydrophobic properties are beneficially altered so that interaction with oil contained in a reservoir rock formation is improved.
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