Wells – Processes – Distinct – separate injection and producing wells
Patent
1978-05-01
1979-06-26
Novosad, Stephen J.
Wells
Processes
Distinct, separate injection and producing wells
166273, 166294, E21B 33138, E21B 4322
Patent
active
041590376
ABSTRACT:
The conformance of an enhanced oil recovery process, including waterflood, surfactant or other chemicalized water flood process, in a formation containing at least two strata or zones of varying permeability, the permeability of one zone being at least 50 percent greater than the permeability of the other zone, is improved by flooding until the higher permeability zone has been depleted, after which an aqueous fluid is injected into the high permeability zone, said fluid having relatively low viscosity at the time of injection and containing a blend of surface active agents which promote the formation of a coarse viscous emulsion in the flow channels of the formation which reduces the permeability of the high permeability zone. After the permeability of the first zone has been reduced substantially, flooding may then be accomplished in the second zone which was originally not invaded by the injected oil recovery fluid. The surface active agents are individually tailored and the ratio of dissimilar surfactants balanced to exhibit optimum viscous emulsion formation properties. The optimum emulsifying surfactant comprises a mixture of an organic sulfonate such as petroleum sulfonate and a solubilizing co-surfactant such as an alkyl or alkylarylpolyalkoxy alkylene sulfonate and/or a low molecular weight alcohol.
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Brown Alfred
Kudchadker Mohan V.
Varnon James E.
Whittington Lawrence E.
Novosad Stephen J.
Park Jack H.
Ries Carl G.
Suchfield George A.
Texaco Inc.
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