Waterflooding with thickened surfactant solution containing a sulfonated polyethoxylated aliphatic alcohol
CA 1091437 A · Owner: Mobil Oil Corporation · Inventors: Savins, Joseph G.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, Waterflooding process for the recovery of oil from a subterranean formation in which at least a portion of the injected water is thickened by the addition of a sulfonated polyethoxylated aliphatic alcohol surfactant. The thickened water has a salinity within the range of 5-18 percent. The sulfonated polyethoxylated aliphatic alcohol has at least two ethylene oxide units to provide an HLB within the range of 10.0-14.0 and the lipophilic base contains from 16 to 20 carbon atoms. The thickened surfactant slug may be preceded by the injection of a relatively low viscosity surfactant slug and viscosity gradation of the thickened surfactant slug may be accomplished by …
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- Granted December 16, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 16, 1997.
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