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Title: Method for recovering petroleum

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6505147

A process for recovering petroleum from deposits which have already been worked by primary extraction or are not suited for primary extraction. A gas in its supercritical state is introduced into the deposit. The supercritical gas charges itself with the petroleum while flowing through the deposit. The charged supercritical gas leaves the deposit and the petroleum is separated in a plurality of fractions from the charged supercritical gas.

Assignee:
FRIED, KRUPP Gesellschaft mit beschrdnkter Haftung (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
Patent Number(s):
US 4532992
OSTI ID:
6505147
Resource Relation:
Patent Priority Date: Priority date 6 Aug 1982, Germany, Federal Republic of (F.R. Germany); Other Information: PAT-APPL-406052
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English