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Recovery of waterflood residual oil

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6896227

This is a method of recovering additional oil from a reservoir that has been depleted both by primary production and then by waterflooding. A bank of solvent is injected into the reservoir through an injection well. The solvent is followed with the injection of a scavenging and propelling fluid. Oil is withdrawn from the production wells. The solvent consists of a blend of liquid propane and a highly viscous distillate oil. The distillate oil has a true boiling range between 680-1,250$F and a viscosity of 200-6,000 cp at 100$F. The blend consists of 60-90% propane by volume, and the scavenging fluid can be water. (7 claims)

Assignee:
TUL; EDB-81-043534
Patent Number(s):
US 3240272
OSTI ID:
6896227
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English