Surfactant flooding oil recovery process

Details Surfactant flooding oil recovery process Surfactant flooding oil recovery process

1978-03-20

1980-07-29

Guynn, Herbert B.

Compositions

Leather or fur treating

166274, 166275, E21B 4322

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active

042149991

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a novel aqueous surfactant-containing fluid suitable for use in surfactant flooding oil recovery processes, and an oil recovery process using the fluid. The fluid contains petroleum sulfonates alone or in combination with solubilizing co-surfactants such as ethoxylated alkyl or alkylaryl compounds, alkyl or alkylaryl polyethoxy sulfates, or alkyl or alkylaryl polyethoxy sulfonates. The petroleum sulfonate is a mixture of petroleum sulfonates of varying equivalent weights ranging from 250 to 700, with an average equivalent weight between 325 and 425 and preferably between 350 and 400. Additionally, the distribution of equivalent weights is relatively uniform, with from 40 to 70 percent being less than 400 and from 60 to 30 percent of the petroleum sulfonates having equivalent weights being 400 or greater; and preferably from 15 to 35 percent of the petroleum sulfonates having equivalent weights less than 350, and 30 to 50 percent having equivalent weights from 350 to less than 500 and from 10 to 40 percent of the petroleum sulfonates having equivalent weights of 500 and above. The especially preferred embodiment employs a mixture of petroleum sulfonates in which 5 to 15 percent have equivalent weights less than 300, from 25 to 50 percent have equivalent weights the range of from about 300 to less than 400, from 15 to 25 percent fall in the range of from about 400 to less than 500 and from 5 to 20 percent have equivalent weights greater than 500.

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