Method of producing oil-in-water microemulsions

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252312, 252314, 166275, E21B 4322, B01F 308

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ABSTRACT:
A method for producing a homogeneous oil-in-water microemulsion by first creating a surfactant, oil and water mixture, adding salt to the mixture in a sufficient quantity to drive the mixture into a Type III or Type II(+) phase regime, preparing a solution having a selected salinity lower than the salinity of the Type III or Type II(+) phase regime, and mixing a sufficient amount of the lower salinity solution with the Type III or Type II(+) regime to invert the Type III or Type II(+) regime into a Type II(-) oil-in-water microemulsion. The microemulsion may be used in a surfactant flood to recover hydrocarbons from underground formations.

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