Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microemulsion to improve the flow of heavy hydrocarbons, its preparation and use
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Application No.: US14031250Application Date: 2013-09-19
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Publication No.: US10364386B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Persi Schacht Hernandez , Felipe de Jesus Ortega Garcia , Jose Manuel Dominguez Esquivel , Elizabeth Mar Juarez , Jesus Ricardo Ramirez Lopez
- Applicant: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
- Applicant Address: MX Mexico City
- Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
- Current Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
- Current Assignee Address: MX Mexico City
- Agency: Dickinson Wright, PLLC
- Priority: MXA/2012/010896 20120921
- Main IPC: E21B43/16
- IPC: E21B43/16 ; C09K8/584
Abstract:
A microemulsion is formulated with a surfactant, a co-surfactant and brine, for recovery of heavy and extra-heavy crude oils by reducing the viscosity of such crude oils and improving their rheological properties for production and pipeline transportation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140083705A1 MICROEMULSION TO IMPROVE THE FLOW OF HEAVY HYDROCARBONS, ITS PREPARATION AND USE Public/Granted day:2014-03-27
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