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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, 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 method for producing oil, comprising injecting water and a solvent into a formation; producing a mixture comprising water, solvent, oil, and gas from the formation; separating the mixture into a first stream comprising oil, water, and a first portion of the solvent, and a second stream comprising gas and a second portion of the solvent, and exposing the second stream to water to remove the second portion of the solvent from the gas.