Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Altering wettability in subterranean formations
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Application No.: US16395059Application Date: 2019-04-25
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Publication No.: US11078406B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Katherine Leigh Hull , Mohammed Sayed
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B43/25
- IPC: E21B43/25 ; C09K8/60 ; C09K8/70 ; C09K8/80

Abstract:
A method of altering wettability of a subterranean formation penetrated by a well is described. A first oxidizer including a persulfate is introduced to the subterranean formation. A second oxidizer including a bromate is introduced to the subterranean formation. The well is shut in for a period of time to allow the first oxidizer and the second oxidizer to alter the wettability of the subterranean formation toward non-wetting of oil and of water.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200339867A1 ALTERING WETTABILITY IN SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS Public/Granted day:2020-10-29
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