Oil recovery by surfactant-alcohol waterflooding

Details Oil recovery by surfactant-alcohol waterflooding Oil recovery by surfactant-alcohol waterflooding

1986-05-13

1986-12-16

Guynn, Herbert B.

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Distinct, separate injection and producing wells

252 8554, E21B 4322

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046290001

ABSTRACT:
Waterflooding process for the recovery of oil from a subterranean formation in which at least a portion of the injected fluid consists of an oil slug containing a preferentially oil-soluble alcohol and a preferentially oil-soluble ether-linked sulfate or sulfonate. Specifically disclosed ether-linked surfactants include sulfonated or sulfated polyethoxylated alkylphenols. Specifically disclosed alcohols include aliphatic alcohols containing from 5 to 7 carbon atoms and having a water solubility of less than 3 percent.

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