COMPOSITION BASED ON GEMINALS ZWITTERIONICS LIQUIDS AS WETTABILITY MODIFIERS IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESSES

• Main Authors: BELTRAN CONDE, HIRAM ISAAC, LOPEZ RAMIREZ, SIMON, MENDOZA DE LA CRUZ, JOSE LUIS, MENA CERVANTES, VIOLETA YASMIN, LUNA ROJERO, ERICK EMANUEL, BUENROSTRO GONZALEZ, EDUARDO, GARCIA MARTINEZ, JORGE ALBERTO, HERNANDEZ ALTAMIRANO, RAUL, ZAMUDIO RIVERA, LUIS SILVESTRE, NIETO ALVAREZ, DAVID AARON, DURAN VALENCIA, CECILIA DE LOS ANGELES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.05.2012
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; ADHESIVES; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DYES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PAINTS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; POLISHES; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

The invention relates to the use of zwitterionic geminal liquids of type bis-N-alkyl polyether or bis-N-alkenyl polyether or bis-N-aryl polyether bis-beta imino acids or the salts thereof as modifiers of the wettability of rock, such as limestone, dolomite, sandstone, quartz or heterogeneous lithologies, in the presence of brine having a high concentration of divalent ions, such as calcium, magnesium, barium and strontium, at a high temperature and pressure, in improved oil recovery processes.