Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compositions for enhanced oil recovery
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Application No.: US16026345Application Date: 2018-07-03
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Publication No.: US10647907B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Duy T. Nguyen , Tzu-Ping Hsu
- Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Kagan Binder, PLLC
- Main IPC: E21B43/16
- IPC: E21B43/16 ; E21B43/22 ; E21B43/267 ; C09K8/584 ; C09K8/80 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
Compositions and methods for increasing recovery, or flowback, of hydrocarbon compounds from hydrocarbon-containing subterranean reservoirs. The compositions include a dialkyl dimethyl ammonium surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, and a solvent. The concentrated compositions are storage stable and easily diluted with a water source such as produced water to form injectates suitable for injecting into one or more hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean reservoirs. The injectates convert oil-wet rocks to water-wet but do not cause formation of emulsions with hydrocarbon compounds within the subterranean environment. Injection of the injectates into a reservoir results in an increase in the yield of hydrocarbons recovered, in particular from low permeability, low porosity reservoirs such as those formed by or encountered in hydraulic fracturing and/or in certain geographic locations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190010381A1 COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY Public/Granted day:2019-01-10
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