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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ricardo L Cardenas, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph T Carlin, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166273 ; 252 / ;
Abstract
An oil recovery process comprising injecting a fatty alcohol into the oil phase of the reservoir followed by the injection of a soap which effectively emulsifies the oil-fatty alcohol mixture followed by further water injection to displace and produce the emulsified oil.