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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);

Inventor:

Nariman Fathi Najafabadi, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Assignee:

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/58 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/58 (2013.01); C09K 8/66 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 49/087 (2013.01); G06F 19/704 (2013.01);
Abstract

A preconditioning fluid is provided for producing crude oil from a subterranean formation. The preconditioning fluid produces an interface with crude oil in the formation that is more elastic than the interface between formation brine and the crude oil and has a favorable Amott-Harvey wettability index for oil recovery under the dominant hydrocarbon recovery mechanisms. The more elastic interface and improved Amott-Harvey wettability index is consistent with higher recoveries of crude oil from the formation.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Fathi Najafabadi, Nariman. (2019). Subterranean producing zone treatment (U.S. Patent No. 10196555). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10196555

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