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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1978
Kenoth H Flournoy, Kingsville, TX (US);
Robert B Alston, Missouri City, TX (US);
William B Braden, Jr, Houston, TX (US);
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for transporting heavy crude oil through a pipeline which involves introducing into a pipeline or well-bore with the viscous hydrocarbons an aqueous solution containing (1) a sulfonate surfactant, (2) a rosin soap or a naphthenic acid soap and, optionally (3) coupling agent whereby there is spontaneously formed a low viscosity, salt tolerant, oil-in-water emulsion. Also disclosed is a method of recovery of hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon bearing formation employing an aqueous solution containing (1) a sulfonate surfactant, (2) a rosin soap or a naphthenic acid soap and, optionally (3) a coupling agent.