Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing mineral oil from underground formations, wherein, in one process step, permeable regions of the underground formation are blocked by injecting aqueous formulations of hydrophobically associating copolymers into the formation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 5, 2012
Date of Patent:
July 1, 2014
Assignees:
BASF SE, BASF Canada
Inventors:
Roland Reichenbach-Klinke, Andrea Aβmann, Björn Langlotz, Christian Spindler, Russell Giesbrecht
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing mineral oil from underground formations, wherein, in one process step, permeable regions of the underground formation are blocked by injecting aqueous formulations of hydrophobically associating copolymers into the formation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 5, 2012
Publication date:
October 11, 2012
Applicants:
BASF CANADA, INC., BASF SE
Inventors:
Roland Reichenbach-Klinke, Andrea Aßmann, Björn Langlotz, Christian Spindler, Russell Giesbrecht