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Micelle solution compositions for recovering crude oil
Assignee: Kao Corp
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Filing: 1983-08-24
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Granted: 1985-07-09
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Expires: 2003-08-24
Abstract
Abstract A stable micelle solution composition for recovering crude oil, which can form a homogeneous micro emulsion against brines in a wide range of salt concentrations. In a micelle solution composition comprising a hydrocarbon, brine, and a surface active agent, the above stated stable micelle solution composition can be obtained by specifying the surface active agent to be a mixture of (a) an ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block polymer, (b) an alkylbenzenesulfonate, (c) a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate or polyoxyethylene alkylphenol ether sulfate, and (d) a polyoxyethylene nonionic surface active agent other than the agent specified in (a).
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Ito
- 👤 Kyusei Hasegawa
- 👤 Takashi Takeuchi
- 👤 Takayuki Ikenaga
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K8/00; C09K8/58; C09K8/584; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S507/00; Y10S507/935; Y10S507/936; Y10S507/937; Y10S507/938
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A micelle solution composition for recovering crude oil from petroleum reservoirs which comprises as essential components, a hydrocarbon, brine, and a surface active agent, wherein said surface active agent is a mixture of (a) an ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block polymer, (b) an alkaline earth metal salt of an alkylbenzenesulfonate, (c) a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate or polyoxyethylene alkylphenol ether sulfate, and (d) a polyoxyethylene nonionic surface active agent other than the agent specified in (a).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
A micelle solution composition for recovering crude oil from petroleum reservoirs which comprises as essential components, a hydrocarbon, brine, and a surface active agent, wherein said surface active agent is a mixture of (a) an ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block polymer, (b) an alkaline earth metal salt of an alkylbenzenesulfonate, (c) a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate or polyoxyethylene alkylphenol ether sulfate, and (d) a polyoxyethylene nonionic surface active agent other than the agent specified in (a).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein said ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block polymer of component (a) is a propylene oxide and ethylene oxide adduct of a polyol, polyamine or an amino-alcohol.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein component (b) is an alkaline earth metal salt of an alkylbenzenesulfonic acid which has a linear or branched alkyl group containing from 8 to 20 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
82 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein component (c) is a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate or polyoxyethylene alkylphenol ether sulfate represented by the following formula: R--O(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n -SO.sub.3.X in which R represents an alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms or a phenyl group with an alkyl group substituent having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, n is a value ranging from 2 to 100 on average, and X represents an alkali metal, or an ammonium or triethanolammonium radical.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein component (d) is a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether or polyoxyethylene alkylphenol ether nonionic surface active agent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein said surface active agent essentially consists of component (a), 2 to 80 moles of component (b), 5 to 30 moles of component (c), and 40 to 120 moles of component (d) each based on one mole of component (a).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein said hydrocarbon is crude oil, petroleum fraction, or synthetic petroleum.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein said brine has a total dissolved solid content of 0.01 to 21 wt % and is an aqueous inorganic salt solution, sea water, general well water, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
The micelle solution composition according to any of the claims 1 through 8, comprising 0.2 to 30 wt % of the hydrocarbon, 50 to 96 wt % of the brine, and 4 to 50 wt % of the surface active agent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein said ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block polymer is an adduct of 20 to 100 moles of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide as a block per one unit of active hydrogen.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein said ethylene oxide content is in the range of 10 to 75 wt % of the total weight.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
130 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein said polyoxyethylene nonionic surface active agent is selected from the group of a polyethylene alkyl ether having an average number of addition moles of ethylene oxide ranging from 2 to 100 with the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety ranging from 8 to 22, and being described as POE (P=2 to 100) alkyl (C=8 to 22) ether; and, using the same notation, other members of the group are POE (P2 to 100) alkyl (C=4 to 18) phenol ether, fatty acid (C=8 to 22) POE adducts (P=2 to 100), POE (P=2 to 100) alkyl (C=8 to 22) amines, POE (P=3 to 100) sorbitan fatty acid (C=8 to 22) ester, and POE (P=2 to 100) fatty acid (C=8 to 22) amides.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 12, wherein said polyoxyethylene nonionic surface active agent is polyoxyethylene (P=5 to 10) nonyl phenol ether.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The micelle solution composition according to claim 1, wherein said alkaline earth metal salt of an alkylbenzenesulfonate is calcium alkylbenzenesulfonate.
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