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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/20 (2006.01); E21B 43/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/20 (2013.01); C09K 8/58 (2013.01); E21B 43/003 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oil recovery method may include injecting 0.05 to 0.25 pore volumes of low-salinity water having 4,000-8,000 ppm of total dissolved solids into a reservoir, and then applying seismic stimulation to the reservoir for a predetermined duration. The steps of injecting low-salinity water and applying seismic stimulation are repeated until 0.25 to 1.0 pore volumes of the low-salinity water has been added to the reservoir. Then, high-salinity water having 35,000 to 57,000 ppm of total dissolved solids is introduced to the reservoir.