Abstract:
Compositions suitable for enhanced oil recovery comprising a) a mixture of a-sulfocarbonyl compounds of from 1:99 to 99:1 wherein R1, R3 and R5, which may be the same or different at each occurrence, are hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl chain having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R2 and R4, which may be the same or different at each occurrence, may be a linear or branched alkyl group having 4 to 24 carbon atoms and in which the alkyl chain may comprise one or more cycloaliphatic groups, and X is H or a metal forming a salt with the sulfonate group, and b) a salt containing aqueous solution.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of at least one compound corresponding to the formula below: R—O—(—CH2—CH(—CH3)—O—)m—(—CH2—CH2—O—)n—H in which: R is a hydrocarbon-based group comprising from 6 to 40 carbon atoms; m is a number ranging from 0 to 20; n is a number greater than 20; for inhibiting the anionic-surfactant retention phenomena in an oil reservoir, especially in a carbonate-based or argillaceous reservoir.
Abstract:
The instant invention friction reducer formulation comprising friction reducer polymers such as PAM within the dispersed phase of an inverse emulsion containing a composition C which comprises a mixture of: —at least an alkanolamide emulsifier; and —a block copolymer comprising: —a hydrophilic block A comprising units deriving from a mono-alpha-ethylenically-unsaturated monomers; and —a hydrophobic block B.
Abstract:
The instant invention concerns compositions suitable for stabilizing emulsions, which comprise a mixture of:—at least an alkanolamide emulsifier; and—a block copolymer comprising:—a hydrophilic block comprising units deriving from a mono-alpha-ethylenically-unsaturated monomers; and—a block B preferably deriving from a mono-alpha-ethylenically-unsaturated monomers
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to the use of at least one compound corresponding to the formula below: R—O-(A)m-H in which: R is a hydrocarbon-based group comprising from 6 to 40 carbon atoms, A is a hexose or pentose unit, m is a non-zero number ranging from 1 to 10, for inhibiting the anionic-surfactant retention phenomena in an oil reservoir, especially in a carbonate-based or argillaceous reservoir.