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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Desmond Schipper, Houston, TX (US);

Katherine Leigh Hull, Houston, TX (US);

Rajesh Kumar Saini, Cypress, TX (US);

Younane N. Abousleiman, Norman, OK (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/70 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 37/06 (2006.01); E21B 41/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01); C09K 8/703 (2013.01); C09K 8/706 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 37/06 (2013.01); E21B 41/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for treating kerogen in a subterranean zone which includes the use of supercritical carbon dioxide or emulsions of liquid carbon dioxide and an aqueous fluid. The carbon dioxide or emulsions can further include oxidizers. The oxidizers can include inorganic oxidizers or organic oxidizers, for example an oxidizer including an organic cation and an oxidizing anion. Additional additives such as polymers, crosslinkers, clay inhibitors, scale inhibitors and corrosion inhibitors can further enhance the efficiency of the kerogen-treating carbon dioxide or emulsion.


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