Patents by Inventor Zhongxing LI

Zhongxing LI 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).

  • Patent number: 10544353
    Abstract: A surfactant that changes the wettability of tight sandstone and its preparation method and application. By adding the aqueous phase solution into the oil phase solution, and under the action of the emulsifier, a uniformly dispersed phase is achieved. Then adding initiator, stirring and raising the temperature, reacting the reaction at the temperature to obtain a colorless and transparent liquid, i.e., high polymer. At room temperature, adding fluorocarbon surfactant and biosurfactant and stirring was continued for 4 hours to obtain a surfactant that changes the surface wettability of tight sandstone. The surfactant of the present invention can reduce the oil-water interfacial tension, transform the oil-wet surface into water-wet surface, which reduces the adhesion of oil droplets to rock surface and improves the flowability of crude oil in the original stratum, and improves the recovery of low-permeability reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: PetroChina Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Guo, Zhongxing Li, Lijun Mu, Zhenfeng Zhao, Kuangsheng Zhang, Xiaojia Xue, Jiang Wu, Kai Li, Huabo Fan, Jin Liu, Xiaoqun Zhou, Cheng Xian
  • Patent number: 10196884
    Abstract: A method for enhancing oil recovery in huff-puff oil production of tight oil from a fractured horizontal well by an optimized reservoir pressure, washing the horizontal well by sand flushing, injecting water into the reservoir to increase the stratum pressure around the horizontal well, and stopping the water injection when the pressure retention level is 100% at end stage of the water injection period. The method for enhancing oil recovery in huff-puff oil production of tight oil from a fractured horizontal well enables the crude oil in the pores of the matrix in the tight reservoir rock developed by the natural fracture to be further recovered. Comprehensive utilization of stratum energy boost, and imbibition replacement between the injected water and the reservoir crude oil improves the single-well production to enhance the oil recovery of a tight oil reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Petrochina Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhongxing Li, Jiyong Zhao, Xuefeng Qu, Qihong Lei, Youan He, Wubin Gao, Wantao Liu, Xuanru Wang, Wenlong Chen, Guoxi Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190031945
    Abstract: A surfactant that changes the wettability of tight sandstone and its preparation method and application. By adding the aqueous phase solution into the oil phase solution, and under the action of the emulsifier, a uniformly dispersed phase is achieved. Then adding initiator, stirring and raising the temperature, reacting the reaction at the temperature to obtain a colorless and transparent liquid, i.e., high polymer. At room temperature, adding fluorocarbon surfactant and biosurfactant and stirring was continued for 4 hours to obtain a surfactant that changes the surface wettability of tight sandstone. The surfactant of the present invention can reduce the oil-water interfacial tension, transform the oil-wet surface into water-wet surface, which reduces the adhesion of oil droplets to rock surface and improves the flowability of crude oil in the original stratum, and improves the recovery of low-permeability reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Gang Guo, Zhongxing Li, Lijun Mu, Zhenfeng Zhao, Kuangsheng Zhang, Xiaojia Xue, Jiang Wu, Kai Li, Huabo Fan, Jin Liu, Xiaoqun Zhou, Cheng Xian
  • Publication number: 20170314377
    Abstract: A method for enhancing oil recovery in huff-puff oil production of tight oil from a fractured horizontal well by an optimized reservoir pressure, washing the horizontal well by sand flushing, injecting water into the reservoir to increase the stratum pressure around the horizontal well, and stopping the water injection when the pressure retention level is 100% at end stage of the water injection period. The method for enhancing oil recovery in huff-puff oil production of tight oil from a fractured horizontal well enables the crude oil in the pores of the matrix in the tight reservoir rock developed by the natural fracture to be further recovered. Comprehensive utilization of stratum energy boost, and imbibition replacement between the injected water and the reservoir crude oil improves the single-well production to enhance the oil recovery of a tight oil reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Zhongxing LI, Jiyong ZHAO, Xuefeng QU, Qihong LEI, Youan HE, Wubin GAO, Wantao LIU, Xuanru WANG, Wenlong CHEN, Guoxi ZHAO
  • Patent number: D928164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: Zhongxing Li