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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2007
Gary A. Pope, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jimmie R. Baran, Jr., Prescott, WI (US);
Vishal Bang, Houston, TX (US);
John D. Skildum, North Oaks, MN (US);
Mukul M. Sharma, Austin, TX (US);
Gary A. Pope, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jimmie R. Baran, Jr., Prescott, WI (US);
Vishal Bang, Houston, TX (US);
John D. Skildum, North Oaks, MN (US);
Mukul M. Sharma, Austin, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas, Austin, TX (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a method of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing clastic formation having non-connate water by contacting the hydrocarbon-bearing clastic formation with a composition that includes a solvent and a nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant wherein the solvent at least partially displaces or solubilizes the water in the formation.