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Oil recovery method using overbased waterflood additive containing sulfonates derived from alkylation reaction products

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OSTI ID:7355752
A process is claimed for recovering hydrocarbons from a petroliferous formation comprising injecting into the formation an effective amount of an aqueous mixture containing about 0.5 to 25 wt. percent of a waterflood additive comprising (a) a base component; (b) a first sulfonate component derived from an alkylation reaction product produced by alkylating an aromatic hydrocarbon with a branched-chain alkene having about 10 to 35 carbon atoms; and (c) a second sulfonate component derived from an alkylation reaction product produced by alkylating an aromatic hydrocarbon with a partially chlorinated normal alkane having about 10 to 18 carbon atoms, said partially chlorinated alkane being prepared by chlorinating said alkane to about 2 to 15 wt. percent chlorine content; wherein the base component is present in a weight ratio range of 3/100 to 300/100, base component to total sulfonate of (b) and (c), and wherein the weight ratio of the first sulfonate component to the second sulfonate component is in the range of about 9/1 to 1/9; and waterflooding the formation to recover the displaced hydrocarbons.
Assignee:
Continental Oil Co.
Patent Number(s):
US 3952803
OSTI ID:
7355752
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English