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Patent No.:

US 12145112 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2020

Methods and systems for the generation of stable oil-in-water or water-in-oil emulsion for enhanced oil recovery

Applicants:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Abdelsalam Mohammad Al-Sarkhi, Dhahran, SA;

Omer Abdelazim Salim, Dhahran, SA;

Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi, Dhahran, SA;

Ahmad Rizq, Dhahran, SA;

Assignees:

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;

KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS, Dhahran, SA;

Attorney:

Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Charles Cooley

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 23/41 (2022.01); B01F 23/45 (2022.01); B01F 23/80 (2022.01); B01F 25/30 (2022.01); B01F 25/50 (2022.01); B01F 25/64 (2022.01); B01F 33/80 (2022.01); B01F 35/21 (2022.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01); C09K 8/58 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 23/41 (2022.01); B01F 23/4105 (2022.01); B01F 23/45 (2022.01); B01F 23/80 (2022.01); B01F 25/30 (2022.01); B01F 25/50 (2022.01); B01F 33/80 (2022.01); C09K 8/58 (2013.01); E21B 43/16 (2013.01); B01F 23/4142 (2022.01); B01F 23/4145 (2022.01); B01F 25/64 (2022.01); B01F 33/836 (2022.01); B01F 35/2111 (2022.01); B01F 2101/505 (2022.01);
Abstract

Systems for generating stable emulsions may employ one or more liquid-liquid ejectors for mixing the oil with water through motive and suction streams to produce the emulsion as a discharge stream. One or more motive tanks may be fluidly coupled to the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors; the one or more motive tanks may supply the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors with a motive fluid. One or more suction tanks may be fluidly coupled to the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors; the one or more suction tanks may supply the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors with a suction fluid. One or more discharge tanks may be fluidly coupled to the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors; the one or more discharge tanks may collect an emulsion from the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors. Additionally, a flow line coupled to the one or more discharge tanks may feed the emulsions into a formation.

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