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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Upali P. Weerasooriya, Austin, TX (US);
Gary A. Pope, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Robin Matton, Merelbeke, BE;
John Mitchell, Allentown, PA (US);
Peter Roose, Sint Martnes Latern, BE;
Assignees:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Taminco US Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/524 (2006.01); C23F 11/14 (2006.01); C10G 1/04 (2006.01); C09K 8/58 (2006.01); C09K 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/045 (2013.01); C09K 8/00 (2013.01); C09K 8/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions including a surfactant and a novel compound useful in enhanced oil recovery. The compositions and methods provided herein may be particularly useful for oil recovery under a broad range of reservoir conditions (e.g. high to low temperatures, high to low salinity, highly viscous oils).