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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2013
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Fawaz Al-Otaibi, Dhahran, SA;

Sunil Kokal, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/16 (2006.01); C09K 8/58 (2006.01); C09K 8/594 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/164 (2013.01); C09K 8/58 (2013.01); C09K 8/594 (2013.01); E21B 43/166 (2013.01); Y02P 90/70 (2015.11);
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention generally relate to the field of oil recovery from reservoirs. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to enhancing the recovery of oil using carbon dioxide flooding processes by providing a process to improve oil recovery from a reservoir by injecting through a well into a reservoir a heavy oil slug composition that includes heavy oil that is mixed carbon dioxide. Following injecting the heavy oil slug composition, a carbon dioxide slug that includes carbon dioxide is injected through the well into the reservoir.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Al-Otaibi, Fawaz. (2016). Method to improve conformance control in carbon dioxide flooding (U.S. Patent No. 9309754). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9309754

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