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Well stimulation

  • US 3,301,328 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1963
  • Issued: 01/31/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A METHOD FOR TREATING A SUBTERRANEAN OIL-BEARING FORMATION SURROUNDING A WELLBORE WHICH COMPRISES INJECTING INTO SAID FORMATION THROUGH SAID WELLBORE A SOLVENT CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 5 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF A MIXTURE OF FROM ABOUT 50 TO 70 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF AN ALKALI METAL SALT OF A DIESTER OF SULFOSUCCINIC ACID HAVING C8 ALIPHATIC ESTER GROUPS, FROM ABOUT 20 TO ABOUT 40 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF AN ALKALI METAL SALT OF A DIESTER OF SULFOSUCCINIC ACID HAVING C6 ALIPHATIC ESTER GROUPS, AND FROM ABOUT 5 TO ABOUT 20 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF A LONG CHAIN SUBSTITUTED POLYETHYLENEOXYETHANOL HAVING THE FORMULA R(C6H4)YO(CH2CH2O)ZCH2CH2OH, WHERE R IS AN ALIPHATIC GROUP CONTAINING X CARBON ATOMS, X IS AN INTEGER FROM 7 TO 21, Y IS 0 OR 1, Z IS AN INTEGER FROM 6 TO 28, AND 0.475X-0.33(Z+1)=0.4 TO 1.4.

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