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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
Kevin England, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph Ayoub, Katy, TX (US);
Bernard Montaron, Dubai, UA;
Matthew Miller, Cambridge, GB;
Kevin England, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph Ayoub, Katy, TX (US);
Bernard Montaron, Dubai, UA;
Matthew Miller, Cambridge, GB;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of increasing the recovery of hydrocarbons from a highly fractured reservoir uses the steps of injecting into the reservoir a membrane-forming fluid to form a membrane over the surface of at least part of exposed formation, injecting into the reservoir a fluid to establish a chemical potential gradient across the membrane and letting fluid enter the formation across the membrane to increase the pressure inside the formation and to force additional hydrocarbon from the formation.