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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2009
Subhash Chandra Bose Ayirala, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Wing-yu Chin, Katy, TX (US);
Michael Alvin Curole, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Eugene Bruce Greene, Sheridan, WY (US);
Subhash Chandra Bose Ayirala, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Wing-yu Chin, Katy, TX (US);
Michael Alvin Curole, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Eugene Bruce Greene, Sheridan, WY (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system comprising a well drilled into an underground formation comprising hydrocarbons; a production facility at a topside of the well; and a water production facility connected to the production facility; wherein the water production facility produces water by removing some multivalent ions, then removing some monovalent ions, and then adding back some multivalent ions, and then injects the water into the well.