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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Inventors:
Cole A. Witham, Freeport, TX (US);
Roxanne M. Jenkins, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Biplab Mukherjee, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/592 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01); C10G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/592 (2013.01); C10G 1/045 (2013.01); C10G 1/047 (2013.01); E21B 43/2406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for recovering bitumen that includes contacting the bitumen with steam and/or water and an organic amine having a boiling point at one atmosphere of greater than 145° C. and recovering the bitumen. The bitumen can be in oil sands, where the step of contacting includes contacting the oil sands having bitumen with the steam and/or water and the organic amine. Contacting the bitumen with the steam and/or water and the organic amine and recovering the bitumen can be done in-situ in a subterranean formation.