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8176981 Fluorinated surfactants and methods of using the same  
A composition comprising a nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant having a weight average molecular weight of least 100,000 grams per mole, the nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant...
7964539 Well treatment  
This invention provides a method of controlling water in a subterranean formation, said method comprising contacting said formation with a water control treatment agent which comprises an...
7779913 Methods for recovering oil from an oil reservoir  
There is a method for enhancing the recovery of oil from a reservoir. The method has the step of a) introducing a flooding fluid into the reservoir and b) extracting the oil through a wellbore at a...
7338924 Oil-in-water-in-oil emulsion  
An oil-in-water-in-oil emulsion (O/W/O) comprising a first oil-in-water emulsion dispersed in a second oil, and a method of preparing the same. The O/W/O emulsion can be used as a drive fluid in an...
7312184 Recovery composition and method  
A method and composition are described for improving recovery of oil from an oil reservoir. The method includes adding an effective amount of a fatty acid alkyl ester oil recovery composition to an...
7069990 Enhanced oil recovery methods  
A process for enhanced oil recovery from an extraction operation comprises the steps of selection of an appropriate hydrocarbon bearing stratum; providing at least one production well and one...
5311943 Blends of propoxy and ethoxy surfactants  
A mixture of propoxylated and ethoxylated surfactants is provided, along with a method to displace water flood residual oil from subterranean formations utilizing this mixture. The mixture is...
5267614 Method for disposing of waste gas in subterranean formations  
A method for safely disposing of a waste gas from produced hydrocarbons. The waste gas is mixed with a surfactant to form a foam which, in turn, is placed within a disposal zone of a subterranean...
5251698 Method of using lignosulfonate-acrylic acid graft copolymers as sacrificial agents for surfactant flooding  
A sacrificial agent method employing lignosulfonate-acrylic acid graft copolymers to reduce chemical loss to the formation during hydrocarbon recovery by surfactant system injection and sweep...
5193617 Micro-slug injection of surfactants in an enhanced oil recovery process  
A method for introducing a surfactant into an oil bearing formation includes plurality of a micro-slug injections of surfactant. Each micro-slug injection comprises an "on time" in which the...
5069802 Gas flood surfactants enriched in olefin disulfonate  
Improved gas foam flooding surfactants and gas foam-forming mixtures wherein the surfactants are enriched in olefin disulfonate. The surfactants may be used in either a gas drive or a gas soak...
4971150 Foam injection into a gravity override zone for improved hydrocarbon production  
A process for increasing the production of hydrocarbonaceous fluids in a reservoir where foam is injected into a gravity override zone. Foam is injected into the override zone via a well placed in...
4828029 Solubilizing surfactants in miscible drive solvents  
A process for dissolving surfactants in miscible gaseous drive fluids is discussed. The poor solvent properties of these drive fluids are enhanced by the addition of a cosolvent which facilitates...
4739831 Gas flooding process for the recovery of oil from subterranean formations  
In a gas flooding operation, the sweep efficiency of the gas is improved using a surfactant solution comprising an alkylated diphenyl sulfonate.
4688637 Method for induced flow recovery of shallow crude oil deposits  
A method to enhance oil production from producing formations using a pressure differential created by evacuating a recovery hole cased through the overburden into the producing formation, and...
4548721 Method of enhanced oil recovery and compositions useful therein  
A method for the enhanced recovery of oil comprised of injecting into an oil containing formation a surfactant system comprised of an oil soluble amine modified lignin and an anionic or nonionic...
4503170 Shear thickening fluid  
The instant invention is directed to shear thickening fluids to prevent unwanted flow in wells penetrating subterranean formations. The shear thickening fluids comprise (1) a water swellable...
4452308 Method of using low molecular weight polyalkylene glycols as sacrificial agents for surfactant flooding  
The disclosed invention is a method of injecting polyalkylene glycols, or copolymers thereof, having a molecular weight between about 100 and 1200 into a hydrocarbon formation in conjunction with a...
4444262 Method of using amines as sacrificial agents for chemical flooding  
The disclosed invention is a method of injecting an amine sacrificial agent into a hydrocarbon formation in conjunction with a chemical flooding process to reduce the loss of injected chemicals to...
4391925 Shear thickening well control fluid  
The instant invention is directed to shear thickening fluids which comprise a water swellable clay capable of rapidly forming a paste having a strength of at least 2000 lbs/100 ft2 upon interaction...
4331202 Method for recovery of hydrocarbon material from hydrocarbon material-bearing formations  
A method of heating a hydrocarbon material contained in a recovery zone in an underground hydrocarbon material-bearing formation to reduce the viscosity thereof for facilitating recovery of the...
4265308 Oil recovery method using unique salinity for oil recovery surfactant system  
A series of surfactant systems is prepared at varying electrolyte concentrations, each system being mixed with oil to be displaced or its equivalent and allowed to equilibrate to determine the...
4157306 Tertiary oil recovery process utilizing a preflush  
An adjusted salinity and hardness, aqueous preflush containing a thickening material which can be, for example, a hydrophilic material such as polyacrylamide, polysaccharide, polyvinyl aromatic...
4113013 Asphaltenes as sacrificial agents in oil recovery processes  
A process for producing petroleum from subterranean formations is disclosed wherein production from the formation is obtained by driving a fluid from an injection well to a production well. The...
4086963 Method of oxidizing hydrogen sulfide  
The hydrogen sulfide concentration of a gas is reduced by reacting hydrogen sulfide in the gas with oxygen in the presence of raw oil shale. The ratio of sulfur dioxide to sulfur produced by this...
4086962 Decreasing hydrogen sulfide concentration of a gas  
The hydrogen sulfide concentration and total sulfur concentration of a gas of relatively higher hydrogen sulfide and total sulfur concentration are reduced by combining hydrogen sulfide in the gas...
4021356 Alkoxylated asphalts as co-surfactants in surfactant oil recovery processes usable in formations containing water having high concentrations of polyvalent ions such as calcium and magnesium  
Ethoxylated asphalt solutions have high tolerance for sodium and calcium ions as well as magnesium and other divalent ions. The use of ethoxylated asphalts in combination with other surfactants...
3916997 Oil recovery with high conductivity micellar systems  
Improved oil recovery can be obtained by flooding with oil-external micellar systems having an electrical conductivity above about 5 × 10-5 ohm-1 centimeter-1. Such conductivities can be obtained ...
3673124 SOLUBLE OIL COMPOSITION  
A soluble oil composition comprising a mixture of liquid hydrocarbon, a surface active agent and butyl Cellosolve that is particularly adapted for use as a displacement fluid in a miscible flooding...
3691072 SOLUBLE OIL COMPOSITION  
3477511 PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF PETROLEUM USING SOLUBLE OILS  
3476184 METHOD OF DESIGNING A SOLUBLE OIL SLUG FOR AN OIL RECOVERY PROCESS  
3454095 OIL RECOVERY METHOD USING STEAM STIMULATION OF SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION  
3435898 WATER FLOOD METHOD WITH OIL SOLUBLE SURFACTANT  
3398791 Oil recovery process with surface-active agents formed in situ by injection of gases  
3392782 In situ preparation of surface active agents in subterranean formations  
3392105 Use of a soluble oil in the extraction of hydrocarbons from oil sands  
3364994 Oil well treating method  
3357487 Method of oil recovery with a hot driving fluid  
3335794 Secondary recovery method with surfactant in fracturing fluid  
3307628 Process for secondary recovery of petroleum using stabilized microemulsions  
3302711 Petroleum recovery with chemical interacting floods forming organic sulfonates  
3297084 Miscible flood viscosity control through ph regulation  
3288213 Surfactant-water flooding process  
3254714 Use of microemulsions in miscible-type oil recovery procedure  
3246694 Water flooding process for the recovery of oil  
3236303 Water-flooding method using an alcohol-surfactant mixture  
3212575 Use of n-acyl sarcosines in miscible flooding  
3196944 Miscible-displacement process  
3181609 Oil recovery process  
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