Imparting in situ stability to displacing fluids
An aqueous preslug containing electrolyte an/or isopropanol was injected before a micellar-polymer flood to inhibit the tendency of the formation to degrade the flood. Berea cores were saturated with water from Henry lease in Illinois (18,000 ppm TDS), flooded with Henry crude (7 cp viscosity at 72/sup 0/F, specific gravity 0.843), and waterflooded with Henry water. A recovery of 86.3 percent OIP was obtained with the following preslug, micellar slug, and polymer flood. The preslug contained water from the water reservoir in Palestine, Illinois (400 ppm TDS) and sodium hydroxide. Ammonium petroleum sulfonate, Henry crude, isopropanol, nonyl phenol, sodium hydroxide, and Palestine water were combined to form the water-external micellar slug. The polymer flood was composed of Pusher 530, Palestine water, isopropanol, and ammonium thiocyanide.
- Assignee:
- Marathon Oil Co.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3520366
- OSTI ID:
- 7093175
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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