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- Patent Title: Oil recovery process using an oil recovery composition of aqueous salt solution and dilute polymer for carbonate reservoirs
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Application No.: US15903952Application Date: 2018-02-23
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Publication No.: US10106726B2Publication Date: 2018-10-23
- Inventor: Subhash Chandrabose Ayirala , Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef , Abdulkareem M. Al-Sofi
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Bracewell LLP
- Agent Constance G. Rhebergen; Brian H. Tompkins
- Main IPC: E21B43/20
- IPC: E21B43/20 ; C09K8/588 ; C08K3/00

Abstract:
An oil recovery composition of an aqueous solution of one or more salts and dilute polymer and processes for enhanced oil recovery using the oil recovery composition are provided. An oil recovery composition may include an aqueous solution of one or more salts having a salinity of about 5000 parts-per-million (ppm) to about 6000 ppm and a polymer having a concentration of 250 ppm to 500 ppm. The one or more salts may include at least one of sodium chloride (NaCl), calcium chloride (CaCl2), magnesium chloride (MgCl2), sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) and magnesium sulfate (MgSO4). The polymer may include a copolymer of acrylamide and acrylamido tertiary butyl sulfonate (ATBS). The oil recovery compositions provided may be suited for enhancing oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs having in situ oil viscosities less than 3 centipoise (cP).
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