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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
May. 10, 2023
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Zuhair Alyousef, Dhahran, SA;
Hamoud Alqahtani, Dhahran, SA;
Subhash C. Ayirala, Dhahran, SA;
Muhammad M. Almajid, Dhahran, SA;
Ali A. Al-Taq, Dhahran, SA;
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Enhanced hydrocarbon recovery methods may include use of carbonated aqueous fluids. Methods for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery may include: introducing a carbonated aqueous fluid into a subterranean reservoir, the carbonated aqueous fluid including carbon dioxide; introducing a first salt solution and a second salt solution into the subterranean reservoir after introducing the carbonated aqueous fluid; contacting the first salt solution with the second salt solution in the subterranean reservoir under conditions where the first salt and the second salt undergo an exothermic reaction; and heating the carbonated aqueous fluid with heat produced via the exothermic reaction; wherein at least a portion of the carbon dioxide is released from the carbonated aqueous fluid upon heating and migrates from a lower portion to an upper portion of the subterranean reservoir, and a decarbonated saline solution is generated from the carbonated aqueous fluid from which the carbon dioxide is released.