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Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2010
Applicants:

Julian Richard Barnes, Amsterdam, NL;

Kirk Herbert Raney, Houston, TX (US);

Thomas Carl Semple, Friendswood, TX (US);

Johan Paul Smit, Amsterdam, NL;

Jasper Roelf Smit, Amsterdam, NL;

Malcolm Shpakoff, Clarion, PA (US);

Inventors:

Julian Richard Barnes, Amsterdam, NL;

Kirk Herbert Raney, Houston, TX (US);

Thomas Carl Semple, Friendswood, TX (US);

Paul Gregory Shpakoff, Houston, TX (US);

Johan Paul Smit, Amsterdam, NL;

Jasper Roelf Smit, Amsterdam, NL;

Assignee:

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/584 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/584 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of treating a very high salinity high temperature hydrocarbon containing formation is described. The method includes (a) providing a hydrocarbon recovery composition to at least a portion of a hydrocarbon containing formation having a brine salinity of above about 13 wt % and a temperature of above about 7° C., wherein the composition comprises a Cinternal olefin sulfonate; and (b) allowing the composition to interact with hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon containing formation.


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