Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A system and process for generation of electrical power is provided. Electrical power is generated by a system including two integrated power cycles, a first power cycle utilizing water/steam as a working fluid and the second power cycle utilizing a fluid selected from the group consisting of molecular nitrogen, argon, a chemical compound having a boiling point of at most 65° C. at 0.101 MPa and a latent heat of vaporization of at least 350 kJ/kg, and a chemical compound having a boiling point of at most 65° C. at 0.101 MPa and a specific heat capacity as a liquid of at least 1.9 kJ/kg-° K as a working fluid. The working fluid of the second power cycle is expanded through a two-phase expander to produce power in the second power cycle, where the expanded working fluid of the second cycle has a temperature of at most 10° C.

Abstract: Alkene-platinum-silyl complexes described by formula (COD)Pt(SiR13−n)2Yn are claimed, where each R1 is independently selected from organic groups, halo atoms, and siloxy groups, each Y is an independently selected divalent bridging group between the silicon atoms bonded to platinum, n is 0, 1, 2, or 3, and COD is 1,5-cyclooctadiene.

Abstract: Alkene-platinum-silyl complexes described by formula (COD)Pt(SiR13−n)2Yn are claimed, where each R1 is independently selected from organic groups, halo atoms, and siloxy groups, each Y is an independently selected divalent bridging group between the silicon atoms bonded to platinum, n is 0, 1, 2, or 3, and COD is 1,5-cyclooctadiene.