Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oil recovery process
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Application No.: US14537330Application Date: 2014-11-10
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Publication No.: US09784081B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Carolus Petrus Adrianus Blom , Ralf Hedden , Andreas Nicholas Matzakos , Ernesto Uehara-Nagamine
- Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: E21B43/25
- IPC: E21B43/25 ; E21B43/16 ; C09K8/594
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for enhancing the recovery of oil from a formation. An enhanced oil recovery formulation comprising a gas comprised of a hydrocarbon-containing gas and an ether having from 2 to 4 carbons is injected into an oil-bearing formation to mobilize the oil. The mobilized oil is then produced from the formation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150060075A1 OIL RECOVERY PROCESS Public/Granted day:2015-03-05
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