US3373810A
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Waterflood process employing thickened water
Assignee: Mobil Oil AS
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Filing: 1966-06-17
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Granted: 1968-03-19
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Expires: 1986-06-17
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Sherrod A Williams
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 20:11
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K8/00; C09K8/60; C09K8/84; C09K8/86; C09K8/88; C09K8/90; C09K8/905; B; B01; B01J; B01J19/00; B01J19/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S507/00; Y10S507/92; Y10S507/935; Y10S507/936
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A METHOD OF RECOVERING OIL FROM AN OIL-CONTAINING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION PENETRATED BY AN INJECTION MEANS AND A PRODUCTION MEANS WHICH COMPRISES INJECTING THROUGH SAID INJECTION MEANS AND INTO SAID FORMATION FLOODING WATER CONTAINING AS A THICKENING AGENT A SULFOALKYLATED POLY(GLUCOSYLGLUCAN), A SULFOALKYLATED POLYSACCHARIDE B-1459, OR A MIXTURE THEREOF; SAID SULFOALKYLATED POLY(GLUCOSYLGLUCAN) COMPRISING THE REACTION PRODUCT FORMED BY REACTING POLY(GLUCOSYLGLUCAN), THE GLUCOSYLGLUCAN HAVING THE STRUCTURAL FORMULA -(2-((2-(HO-CH2-),3,4,5-TRI(HO-)TETRAHYDROPYRAN-6-YL)-OCH2-),3,5-DI(HO -)TETRAHYDROPYRAN-4,6-YLENE)-(O-(2-(HOCH2-),3,5-DI(HO-)TETRAHYDROPYRAN-4,6 -YLENE))2-OWITH A SULFOALKYLATING AGENT, AND SAID SULFOALKYLATED POLYSACCHARIDE B-1459 COMPRISING THE REACTION PRODUCT FORMED BY REACTING POLYSACCHARIDE B-1459, THE HETEROPOLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCED BY BACTERIUM XANTHOMONAS COMPESTRIS NRRL B-1459, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FROM GLUCOSE WITH SAID SULFOALKYLATING AGENT.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
105 words
A METHOD OF RECOVERING OIL FROM AN OIL-CONTAINING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION PENETRATED BY AN INJECTION MEANS AND A PRODUCTION MEANS WHICH COMPRISES INJECTING THROUGH SAID INJECTION MEANS AND INTO SAID FORMATION FLOODING WATER CONTAINING AS A THICKENING AGENT A SULFOALKYLATED POLY(GLUCOSYLGLUCAN), A SULFOALKYLATED POLYSACCHARIDE B-1459, OR A MIXTURE THEREOF; SAID SULFOALKYLATED POLY(GLUCOSYLGLUCAN) COMPRISING THE REACTION PRODUCT FORMED BY REACTING POLY(GLUCOSYLGLUCAN), THE GLUCOSYLGLUCAN HAVING THE STRUCTURAL FORMULA -(2-((2-(HO-CH2-),3,4,5-TRI(HO-)TETRAHYDROPYRAN-6-YL)-OCH2-),3,5-DI(HO -)TETRAHYDROPYRAN-4,6-YLENE)-(O-(2-(HOCH2-),3,5-DI(HO-)TETRAHYDROPYRAN-4,6 -YLENE))2-OWITH A SULFOALKYLATING AGENT, AND SAID SULFOALKYLATED POLYSACCHARIDE B-1459 COMPRISING THE REACTION PRODUCT FORMED BY REACTING POLYSACCHARIDE B-1459, THE HETEROPOLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCED BY BACTERIUM XANTHOMONAS COMPESTRIS NRRL B-1459, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FROM GLUCOSE WITH SAID SULFOALKYLATING AGENT.
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