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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2014
Gary F. Teletzke, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jasper L. Dickson, Houston, TX (US);
Preeti Kamakoti, Summit, NJ (US);
Stuart R. Keller, Houston, TX (US);
William B. Maze, Houston, TX (US);
Peter G. Smith, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Yitian Xiao, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Gary F. Teletzke, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jasper L. Dickson, Houston, TX (US);
Preeti Kamakoti, Summit, NJ (US);
Stuart R. Keller, Houston, TX (US);
William B. Maze, Houston, TX (US);
Peter G. Smith, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Yitian Xiao, Sugar Land, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for recovering oil from a subterranean, hydrocarbon-bearing formation includes at least one injection well and injecting a carrier fluid including a diverting agent into a high permeability pathway within the formation. An activating fluid is injected into the high permeability pathway within the formation, resulting in the precipitation or swelling of the diverting agent. The permeability of the high permeability pathway is decreased within the formation containing the diverting agent to a permeability less than the permeability of the adjacent areas of the formation. A mineralization fluid may be injected that is oversaturated or becomes oversaturated upon interacting with the acid gas that causes mineral precipitation to seal off high-permeability pathways.