Compositions – Leather or fur treating
Patent
1977-12-09
1980-02-05
Guynn, Herbert B.
Compositions
Leather or fur treating
166275, 252314, E21B 4322
Patent
active
041870735
ABSTRACT:
The effectiveness of an aqueous, saline surfactant fluid, especially one containing as essentially the only surfactant an alkylpolyalkoxyalkyl sulfonate or an alkylarylpolyalkoxyalkyl sulfonate for oil recovery by surfactant flooding is increased substantially if the fluid is subjected to a high shear rate for a predetermined period of time prior to injecting the fluid into the oil containing formation. The surfactant fluid should be subjected to a shear rate of at least 150 and preferably at least 250 reciprocal seconds for a period of time of at least 0.1 minutes and preferably at least 0.5 minutes. The improvements obtained by shearing the surfactant fluid include increased stability of the solution, i.e., resistance to separation into separate, distinct phases, reduced turbidity of the fluid which provide improved injectivity with reduced well plugging problems, and attainment of significantly lower interfacial tension between the aqueous surfactant fluid and formation petroleum, and more effective oil displacement from reservoir rock.
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Guynn Herbert B.
Park Jack H.
Ries Carl G.
Texaco Inc.
Whaley Thomas H.
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