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Surfactant compositions for steamfloods

US4820429A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 2, 1987
Grant dateApr 11, 1989
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S507/936
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention is an improved surfactant composition useful for providing improved production of oil, or displacing oil within the pores of an oil-containing reservoir under steamflood conditions comprises a synergistic mixture of an .alpha.-olefin sulfonate and an alkylated diphenyl oxide sulfonate component.

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