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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1983
Hiroshi Morita, Chiba, JP;
Yasuyuki Kawada, Funabashi, JP;
Junichi Yamada, Chiba, JP;
Toshiyuki Ukigai, Chiba, JP;
Lion Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A micellar slug for use in the recovery of oil, the slug containing a hydrocarbon, an aqueous medium, a surfactant, and a cosurfactant. The surfactant contains as an essential component an internal olefin sulfonate having 10 to 26 carbon atoms and a disulfonate content of about 20% by weight or less. This micellar slug has an excellent capability for decreasing an interfacial tensions between oil and micro-emulsions and between water and micro-emulsions and an excellent salinity tolerance and hard-water resistance. Furthermore, the stable micro-emulsion from this micellar slug can be maintained during sweeping in subterranean reservoirs even when the salt concentration of the subterranean water is changed.