Wells – Processes – With indicating – testing – measuring or locating
Patent
1983-09-16
1985-03-12
Suchfield, George A.
Wells
Processes
With indicating, testing, measuring or locating
73153, E21B 4322, E21B 4900
Patent
active
045039097
ABSTRACT:
An on-site, in-line process and system for recovering oil from oil-bearing subterranean formations which involves the production, modification, dilution and injection of a polymer solution, preferably consisting essentially of an aqueous solution of a partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide, having injectivity and mobility properties capable of meeting the specific permeability requirements of substantially any subterranean formation to be achieved. The polymer solutions prepared by the process and system can be used as drive fluids for displacing oil (secondary polymer flood) in an oil-bearing formation, as mobility buffers to follow micellar dispersion floods in the conjoint presence of chemical reagents in other chemical floods (e.g., surfactant, caustic, etc.), or they can follow a water flood. The solutions can also be used to promote pipelining of high viscosity crude oil. Irrespective of the use to which the solutions are put, the process and system enable the polymer solutions to be customized, or tailor-made, so to speak, to meet the performance demands of the environment in which they are to be used, whether it be an oil-bearing formation or a pipeline.
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Argabright Perry A.
Rhudy John S.
Hummel Jack L.
Marathon Oil Company
Suchfield George A.
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