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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:
Sep. 02, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Hughes, Missouri City, TX (US);
Mohan V Kudchadker, Houston, TX (US);
Nancy G Dunn, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166274 ; 252 / ;
Abstract
The dialkylbenzene polyethoxy alkyl sulfonate is combined with a water soluble petroleum sulfonate surfactant to form an effective surfactant solution that is stable in high salinity environments. The surfactant solution is injected into an underground petroleum reservoir in order to recover crude oil therefrom.