Surfactant flooding process for recovering oil from a subterranean oil-bearing formation. [Displacement using aqueous solution of petroleum sulfonate, then aqueous solution of isobutanol, then oil-field brine]

Patent · Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 1972

OSTI ID:5179356

Gale, W W; Rorie, E R

• Assignee: Esso Research and Engineering Co.
• Patent Number(s): US 3637017
• OSTI ID: 5179356
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 1 Jun 1970
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
HOT-WATER PROCESSES
OIL SANDS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
OIL SHALES
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
BRINES
BUTANOLS
SURFACTANTS
WATER
ALCOHOLS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUID INJECTION PROCESSES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
MIXTURES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
SOLUTIONS
040401* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- In Situ Methods
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