Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for enhanced waterfloods
- Patent Title (中): 增强水驱的系统和方法
-
Application No.: US13286901Application Date: 2011-11-01
-
Publication No.: US08739869B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Thomas W Willingham , Robin Gupta , Mauro Lo Cascio , Peter Griffin Smith, Jr. , Jung-gi Jane Shyeh , Robert D. Kaminsky
- Applicant: Thomas W Willingham , Robin Gupta , Mauro Lo Cascio , Peter Griffin Smith, Jr. , Jung-gi Jane Shyeh , Robert D. Kaminsky
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company—Law Department
- Main IPC: E21B43/16
- IPC: E21B43/16 ; E21B43/40

Abstract:
Methods for enhanced oil recovery from a subterranean formation including adding a first salt to a first aqueous stream to form a first injection stream with an increased concentration of a first ion. A second salt is added to a second aqueous stream to form a second injection stream with an increased concentration of a second ion. The second injection stream is of different composition than the first injection stream and the first injection stream and the second injection stream have substantially the same interfacial tension with a hydrocarbon and substantially the same kinematic viscosity. The first injection stream is injected into the formation at a first time and the second injection stream is injected into the formation at a second time. The first injection stream and second injection stream contact at least some overlapping portion of the formation. Oil is recovered from the overlapping portion of the formation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120125603A1 Systems and Methods For Enhanced Waterfloods Public/Granted day:2012-05-24
Information query