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Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1990

Filed:

Dec. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:

Hon Chung Lau, Houston, TX (US);

John K Borchardt, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166273 ; 166268 ; 166275 ; 1663051 ; 166309 ; 252-8554 ;
Abstract

An improved process for recovering oil by injecting a mixture of noncondensible gas and gas foam surfactant into an oil-containing subterranean reservoir, the improvement provided by using a surfactant enriched in olefin disulfonate. The sulfactant may be used in either a gas drive or a gas soak process. Disulfonate-enriched gas foam surfactants and mixtures are also described.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lau, Hon. (1990). Gas flooding with surfactants enriched in olefin disulfonate (U.S. Patent No. 4911238). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4911238

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