Use of a solvent and emulsion for in situ oil recovery

RC Wattenbarger, RD Kaminsky… - US Patent 8,684,079, 2014 - Google Patents
Described is a way to reduce solvent usage in solvent-domi nated oil recovery processes
through the use of an emulsion. Injection of an emulsion into an oil reservoir is performed as …

Method For The Management of Oilfields Undergoing Solvent Injection

OJ Hehmeyer, RD Kaminsky - US Patent App. 13/032,293, 2011 - Google Patents
US20110264373A1 - Method For The Management of Oilfields Undergoing Solvent
Injection - Google Patents US20110264373A1 - Method For The Management of Oilfields …

Solvent separation in a solvent-dominated recovery process

EB Sirota, OJ Hehmeyer - US Patent 8,752,623, 2014 - Google Patents
In solvent-dominated recovery processes for recovering In situ oil, including bitumen, the
produced fluid stream includes oil and solvent. The solvent is preferably recovered and …

Method of Enhancing the Effectiveness of a Cyclic Solvent Injection Process to Recover Hydrocarbons

MA Dawson, T Chakrabarty, IJ Kosik… - US Patent App. 14 …, 2014 - Google Patents
Described is a method of operating a cyclic solvent-domi nated recovery process (CSDRP)
for recovering viscous oil from a subterranean reservoir of the viscous oil to enhance …

Enhanced methods for recovering viscous hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation as a follow-up to thermal recovery processes

HR Motahhari, R Khaledi, N Saber… - US Patent 10,487,636, 2019 - Google Patents
Enhanced methods for recovering viscous hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation as a
follow-up to thermal recovery processes. The methods include injecting a solvent flood …

Method of distributing a viscosity reducing solvent to a set of wells

MA Dawson, OJ Hehmeyer, RD Kaminsky… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Described are methods of distributing a viscosity reducing Solvent to a set of wells
terminating in an underground oil reservoir where the variation in the net solvent injection …

Thermal recovery methods for recovering viscous hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation

S Doraiswamy, R Khaledi, RD Kaminsky - US Patent 11,002,123, 2021 - Google Patents
Thermal recovery methods for recovering viscous hydrocarbons from a subterranean
formation. The thermal recovery methods include performing a plurality of injection cycles …

Systems and methods for estimating and controlling liquid level using periodic shut-ins

R Gupta, NL Adair, S Doraiswamy, TA Long - US Patent 11,261,725, 2022 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for determining a liquid level in a formation between a horizontal
segment of an injection wellbore and a horizontal segment of a production wellbore are …

Chasing solvent for enhanced recovery processes

J Wang, W Guo, L Dong, C Fang, MD Suitor - US Patent 11,142,681, 2021 - Google Patents
Methods to optimize solvent use in solvent-dominated processes for recovery of
hydrocarbons. Methods include injecting a solvent composition into a reservoir at a pressure …