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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2020
Applicants:

Cnpc Usa Corporation, Houston, TX (US);

Beijing Huamei, Inc., Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Nancy Chun Zhou, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Fuchen Liu, Panjin, CN;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/584 (2006.01); E21B 43/20 (2006.01); C09K 8/588 (2006.01); C09K 23/14 (2022.01); C09K 8/594 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/584 (2013.01); C09K 8/588 (2013.01); C09K 8/594 (2013.01); C09K 23/14 (2022.01); E21B 43/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some reservoirs have tight oil formations, such as the Changqing reservoir. The surfactant polymer flooding and low tension gas flooding are two potential chemical flooding methods for use in tight oil formations. In these methods, an oil displacement agent, or surfactant, is added. Nonionic surfactants with extended chains (by propylene oxide and ethylene oxide) from dialkyl alcohols or dialkyl amines were tested. A synergistic blend of surfactants was developed between the nonionic surfactants and anionic surfactants that lowers interfacial tension and improves surfactant solubility in water and oil.


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