Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methodology to increase oil production rates in gravity drainage CO2 gas injection processes
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Application No.: US17463005Application Date: 2021-08-31
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Publication No.: US11668171B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Subhash Ayirala , Zuhair AlYousef , Dong Kyu Cha , Muhammad Almajid
- 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: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Main IPC: E21B43/16
- IPC: E21B43/16 ; C09K8/594 ; E21B43/22

Abstract:
Described is a method for treating hydrocarbons in a reservoir. A foaming surfactant solution and a foaming gas are introduced into the upper portion of a reservoir such that barrier foam bubbles form. Then, super/critical carbon dioxide is introduced such that a CO2 cap forms. The CO2 cap is formed above a foam barrier of aggregated barrier foam bubbles positioned at an interface between hydrocarbons to be treated in the reservoir and the CO2 cap. The super/critical carbon dioxide is introduced into the reservoir at an injection rate that is greater than a pre-treatment critical gas injection rate. Hydrocarbons are recovered from a lower portion of the reservoir.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230064753A1 A METHODOLOGY TO INCREASE OIL PRODUCTION RATES IN GRAVITY DRAINAGE CO2 GAS INJECTION PROCESSES Public/Granted day:2023-03-02
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