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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Houston, TX (US);
Carl Thaemlitz, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/88 (2006.01); C09K 8/588 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/887 (2013.01); C09K 8/588 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of polymer flooding within a carbonate formation the method comprising: injecting a treatment fluid composition into a wellbore, the treatment fluid composition comprising: a base fluid, and a viscosifier comprising a branched block copolymer wherein the branched block copolymer is a crosslinked, polymerized reaction product of crosslinker C and monomer A and monomer B and monomer D; and increasing hydrocarbon production from the wellbore.