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Hydrocarbon recovery using complex water and carbon dioxide emulsions

US10047275B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY · SA

Inventors

Fawaz M. Al-Otaibi · Dhahran, SA
Sunil Kokal · Dhahran, SA

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2015
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 13, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC09K2208/32
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In one aspect, a method of recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean zone includes flowing carbon dioxide in a first state into the subterranean zone including hydrocarbons, wherein a density of the carbon dioxide in the first state is greater than a density of carbon dioxide in a gaseous state, and recovering at least a portion of the hydrocarbons in the subterranean zone in response to flowing carbon dioxide in the first state into the subterranean zone.

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