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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2020
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Damman, SA;
Afnan Mashat, Dhahran, SA;
Zuhair AlYousif, Saihat, SA;
Deena Tayyib, Dhahran, SA;
Mustafa Alsaffar, Qatif, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Treatment fluids of the present disclosure may comprise an aqueous base fluid and a surfactant composition. The surfactant composition may comprise a sulfonate surfactant in an amount of from 0.01 wt. % to 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the treatment fluid composition, a plant-based oil in an amount of from 0.01 wt. % to 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the treatment fluid composition, and a zwitterionic co-surfactant in an amount of from 0.01 wt. % to 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the treatment fluid composition. The plant-based oil may comprise from 65 mol. % to 85 mol. % species comprising one or more gondoic acid moieties. Methods for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation with the treatment fluid are also disclosed.