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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Fawaz M. Al-Otaibi, Alkhobar, SA;
Sunil Kokal, Dhahran, SA;
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/594 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/594 (2013.01); E21B 43/164 (2013.01); E21B 43/166 (2013.01); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01); C09K 2208/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method of recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean zone includes flowing carbon dioxide in a first state into the subterranean zone including hydrocarbons, wherein a density of the carbon dioxide in the first state is greater than a density of carbon dioxide in a gaseous state, and recovering at least a portion of the hydrocarbons in the subterranean zone in response to flowing carbon dioxide in the first state into the subterranean zone.