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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1989
Dieter Balzer, Haltern, DE;
Huels Aktiengesellschaft, Marl, DE;
Abstract
Oil is recovered from a subsurface reservoir by surfactants. Surfactant flooding is accomplished especially in reservoirs with marked temperature fluctuations or a temperature gradient which are normally problematic since a soluble surfactant effective for oil mobilization does not retain these properties over wide temperature ranges of, e.g., 10.degree. to 100.degree. C. The new process provides a good surfactant effectiveness even at such extreme temporary and/or local temperature fluctuations. A mixture of a carboxymethylated oxethylate and a polyglucosyl sorbitol fatty acid ester is used. The polyglucosyl sorbitols used as fatty acid esters are those with 2 to 20 glucose units. Recovery of oil by such surfactant flooding is useful above all in reservoirs with temporary or local temperature changes.