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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Andreas Nicholas Matzakos, Missouri City, TX (US);
Inventor:
Andreas Nicholas Matzakos, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/34 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); C09K 8/58 (2006.01); C10G 1/00 (2006.01); C10G 1/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/34 (2013.01); C09K 8/58 (2013.01); C10G 1/002 (2013.01); C10G 1/047 (2013.01); E21B 43/16 (2013.01); E21B 43/20 (2013.01); C10G 2300/44 (2013.01); C10G 2300/805 (2013.01); C10G 2400/02 (2013.01); C10G 2400/04 (2013.01); C10G 2400/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for producing oil and/or gas from an underground formation comprising a well above the formation; a mechanism to inject an enhanced oil recovery formulation into the formation, the enhanced oil recovery formulation comprising water and a solvent; a mechanism to produce the water, solvent, oil, and gas from the formation; a separator to separate the oil, water, and a first portion of the solvent from the gas and a second portion of the solvent; and an absorption tower to expose the gas and the second portion of the solvent to water to remove the second portion of the solvent from the gas.