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Method of inhibiting silica dissolution during injection of steam into a reservoir

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6043521
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A method for inhibiting the dissolution of silica from the matrix around a well during injection of steam into the matrix by adding to the feedwater used to generate the steam or the steam itself an inhibitor comprising an ammonium or substituted ammonium compound selected from the group consisting of ammonium halides, ammonium salts of inorganic acids, ammonium salts of carboxylic acids, quaternary ammonium halides, and amine or substituted amine hydrochlorides.

Assignee:
Union Oil Company of California
Patent Number(s):
US 4475595
OSTI ID:
6043521
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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AMINES
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
AMMONIUM HALIDES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CORROSION INHIBITORS
CORROSION PROTECTION
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FEEDWATER
FLUID INJECTION
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
MINERALS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
OIL WELLS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
SILICA
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
STEAM INJECTION
THERMAL RECOVERY
WATER
WELLS