Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions including a surfactant and a novel compound useful in enhanced oil recovery. The compositions and methods provided herein may be particularly useful for oil recovery under a broad range of reservoir conditions (e.g. high to low temperatures, high to low salinity, highly viscous oils).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 24, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 8, 2015
Assignees:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Taminco US Inc.
Inventors:
Upali P. Weerasooriya, Gary A. Pope, Robin Matton, John Mitchell, Peter Roose