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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1984
Ping W Chang, Waterford, CT (US);
Gordon D Gruetzmacher, Gales Ferry, CT (US);
Clifford N Meltz, Gales Ferry, CT (US);
Rocco A Totino, Waterford, CT (US);
Pfizer Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Hydrocarbon recovery from subterranean reservoirs that are penetrated by either injector or producer wells is enhanced by selective permeability modification of the strata of the reservoir with gel-forming phenolic compositions. The injection of the phenolic composition follows a pH sequence specific to the reservoir environment which allows emplacement of the gel-forming composition the desired distance away from the wellbore and production of a uniform gel throughout the treated hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir. The permeability of a treated subterranean reservoir can be restored by treatment of the reservoir with either aqueous hypochlorite or mineral acid.