Patents by Inventor Monika Santa

Monika Santa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of recovering oil from a subterranean formation
    Patent number: 10221348
    Abstract: Method of recovering oil from a subterranean formation which comprises a step of injecting an aqueous composition comprising alkyl and/or alk(en)yl oligolucoside (ether) carboxylates into the subterranean formation and method of alkali-surfactant flooding and alkali-surfactant-polymer-flooding using such alkyl and/or alk(en)yl oligolucoside (ether) carboxylates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Monika Santa, Ansgar Behler, Thomas Van Der Koelen
  • METHOD OF RECOVERING OIL FROM A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION
    Publication number: 20130327523
    Abstract: Method of recovering oil from a subterranean formation which comprises a step of injecting an aqueous composition comprising alkyl and/or alk(en)yl oligolucoside (ether) carboxylates into the subterranean formation and method of alkali-surfactant flooding and alkali-surfactant-polymer-flooding using such alkyl and/or alk(en)yl oligolucoside (ether) carboxylates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Monika Santa, Ansgar Behler, Thomas Van Der Koelen
  • PROCESS FOR MINERAL OIL PRODUCTION USING SURFACTANTS FROM THE CLASS OF THE ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDES
    Publication number: 20120241151
    Abstract: A process for mineral oil production, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least one alkyl polyglucoside is injected into a mineral oil deposit through at least one injection borehole and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through at least one production borehole, wherein the formulation does not comprise any alcohols as cosolvents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: Cognis IP Management GmbH, BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez Jürgenson, Sophie Maitro-Vogel, Monika Santa, Jianhua Mao