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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:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Dustin L. Walker, Dallas, TX (US);

Gayani W. Pinnawala, Houston, TX (US);

Nabijan Nizamidin, Emeryville, CA (US);

Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Houston, TX (US);

Guo-Qing Tang, Mountain View, CA (US);

Dustin J. Lowry, Pinole, CA (US);

Tetsuo Art Inouye, Sebastopol, CA (US);

Taimur Malik, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); E21B 47/11 (2012.01); C09K 8/86 (2006.01); E21B 43/27 (2006.01); C09K 8/74 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/604 (2013.01); C09K 8/602 (2013.01); C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/74 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); C09K 8/86 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); E21B 43/27 (2020.05); E21B 47/11 (2020.05); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01); C09K 2208/12 (2013.01); C09K 2208/26 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01); C09K 2208/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure include compositions and methods that stabilize a injection fluid when exposed to reservoir conditions, reducing formation damage and increasing the amount of hydrocarbon recovered. Specifically, the formulation is a single-phase liquid surfactant package which comprises a non-ionic surfactant and optionally one or more secondary surfactants.


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