Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Weak gel system for chemical enhanced oil recovery
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Application No.: US16449766Application Date: 2019-06-24
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Publication No.: US10655055B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Michael L. Szalai , Mei Liu , Kin-Tai Chang
- Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Stinson LLP
- Main IPC: E21B43/20
- IPC: E21B43/20 ; C09K8/588 ; C09K8/508 ; C09K8/512

Abstract:
Method are provided for treating a wellbore or subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation to increase hydrocarbon recovery from the formation by in-depth mobility control and/or fluid diversion conformance by introducing a water soluble acrylamide polymer and a non-metallic organic crosslinking agent, or a crosslinkable acrylamide polymer, into an injection fluid entering the wellbore or the formation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190309215A1 WEAK GEL SYSTEM FOR CHEMICAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY Public/Granted day:2019-10-10
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