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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Armand A Gregoli, Tulsa, OK (US);
Andrew M Olah, Spencer, OH (US);
John A Hamshar, Owasso, OK (US);
Daniel P Rimmer, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Assignee:
Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166267 ; 166303 ; 1663051 ; 166310 ; 166371 ; 252-8551 ;
Abstract
A process for recovering oil from a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir having a hydrocarbon and penetrated by a wellbore. The process comprises injecting through the wellbore and into the subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir an emulsifying composition containing an aqueous phase and a minor amount of an emulsifying agent such that the emulsifying composition contacts at least a portion of the hydrocarbon to form an oil-in-aqueous phase emulsion within the subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir.