ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESS

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20160186042A1
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14977290

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A process is provided for recovering oil from a hydrocarbon-bearing formation comprised of hydrocarbons and formation water. The process presented herein includes an oil recovery formulation comprising at least 75 mol % dimethyl sulfide and between 1 mol % and 18 mol % of dimethyl ether, wherein the amount of dimethyl ether in the oil recovery formulation is selected relative to the solubility of dimethyl ether in the formation water.

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SHELL OIL COMPANYA CORP OF DE HOUSTON TX 77001

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
FREEMAN, John Justin Pattison, US 27 229
MILAM, Stanley Nemec Houston, US 67 1218
TAYLOR, Richard Bruce Sugar Land, US 6 102
TEGELAAR, Erik Willem Rijswijk, NL 13 37

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