Long chain alcohol additives for surfactant foaming agents

Details Long chain alcohol additives for surfactant foaming agents Long chain alcohol additives for surfactant foaming agents

1992-12-24

1994-08-02

Suchfield, George A.

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Distinct, separate injection and producing wells

166268, 166303, 166309, 252 8554, F21B 4318, F21B 4322, F21B 4324

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053336879

ABSTRACT:
The invention is a method for increasing the effectiveness of steam or carbon dioxide foaming operations for improving conformance during steam or carbon dioxide floods by adding to the surfactant foaming solution an alcohol having about 8 to about 20 carbon atoms in a concentration such that the ratio of alcohol to surfactant in the foaming solution is between about 1:6 and about 1:2.

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