METHOD FOR EXTRACTING HYDROCARBONS

• Main Authors: JOLY, Michèle, MOLINIER, Valérie, KLIMENKO, Alexandra
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 19.10.2022
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMISTRY; DYES; EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MINING; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS; PAINTS; POLISHES

The present invention relates to a method for extracting hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation, comprising: injecting a volume of a first solution comprising polymer into the subterranean formation, the first solution having a salinity which is lower than the salinity of water in the subterranean formation; injecting a volume of a second solution comprising at least one surfactant and polymer into the subterranean formation, the second solution having substantially the same salinity as the first solution; injecting a volume of a third solution comprising polymer into the subterranean formation, the third solution having a salinity which is lower than the salinity of the first and the second solutions;and collecting hydrocarbons displaced by the injected solutions.