GB1021427A - Improvements in or relating to the displacement and/or recovery of oil from oil-bearing rock - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to the displacement and/or recovery of oil from oil-bearing rock

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Publication number
GB1021427A
GB1021427A GB3286662A GB3286662A GB1021427A GB 1021427 A GB1021427 A GB 1021427A GB 3286662 A GB3286662 A GB 3286662A GB 3286662 A GB3286662 A GB 3286662A GB 1021427 A GB1021427 A GB 1021427A
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oil
solution
rock
mixture
water
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GB3286662A
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Howard Hulen Ferrell
George Julius Heuer
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ConocoPhillips Co
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Continental Oil Co
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K8/00—Compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells; Compositions for treating boreholes or wells, e.g. for completion or for remedial operations
    • C09K8/58—Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids
    • C09K8/584—Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids characterised by the use of specific surfactants
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K8/00—Compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells; Compositions for treating boreholes or wells, e.g. for completion or for remedial operations
    • C09K8/58—Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Lubricants (AREA)
  • Production Of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixture For Refining Petroleum (AREA)

Abstract

1,021,427. Wells. CONTINENTAL OIL CO. Aug. 27, 1962 [Sept. 11, 1961], No. 32866/62. Heading E1F. Oil is displaced from oil bearing rock by flooding the rock with a solution comprising water and a mixture of X-alkyl benzene sulphonates where X is a cation which forms a compound with the alkyl benzene sulphonate having a solubility of at least 5000 p.p.m. by weight in water and where the average molecular weight of the alkyl benzene moieties in the mixture is between 120 and 218. The solution destroys the surface forces holding residual oil in the rock, the oil emulsifying with and disposing in the solution so that the solution containing oil may be revovered and treated to obtain oil. The mixture is dissolved in the water to form a concentration from 0À5 per cent to 30À0 per cent by weight. The cation may be sodium, lithium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, barium, copper, ammonium and amines.
GB3286662A 1961-09-11 1962-08-27 Improvements in or relating to the displacement and/or recovery of oil from oil-bearing rock Expired GB1021427A (en)

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US13716061A 1961-09-11 1961-09-11

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GB1021427A true GB1021427A (en) 1966-03-02

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2974106A1 (en) * 2011-04-18 2012-10-19 Total Sa ALKYLARYLSULFONATE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE FOR ASSISTED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2974106A1 (en) * 2011-04-18 2012-10-19 Total Sa ALKYLARYLSULFONATE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE FOR ASSISTED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY
WO2012143306A1 (en) * 2011-04-18 2012-10-26 Total S.A. Alkylaryl sulphonate compositions and use thereof for the enhanced recovery of hydrocarbons

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