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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:
Apr. 12, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nizar F Djabbarah, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166273 ; 166274 ;
Abstract
A gas-drive hydrocarbon oil recovery process comprises injecting into a subterranean, viscous oil-containing formation tall oil to reduce the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) of the reservoir oil-displacing fluid system and increase the viscosity of the displacing fluid. The tall oil is injected as a separate slug either simultaneously with or before the injection of a slug of the displacing fluid. A drive fluid may also be injected into the formation after the injection of the displacing fluid and tall oil to aid in the recovery of the formation oil.