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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Samir S Ashrawi, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166272 ; 166273 ; 252-8554 ;
Abstract
Injection of steam or other thermal fluid for recovery of heavy crude oil is accompanied by or followed by injection in the same well of a solution of petrochemical sulfonate and a co-surfactant, the co-surfactant being either an olefin sulfonate or a propane sulfonate of an ethoxylated alcohol or alkyl phenol. The surfactant mixture is followed by injection in the same well of a water-soluble polymer solution and additional oil is recovered from production wells.