Methods for hydrocarbon recovery

• Main Authors: Espinosa, David, Lynch, Tom, Kim, Do Hoon, Fournier, Frances, Dwarakanath, Varadarajan, Yang, Hong, Aujla, Sukhjit, Malik, Taimur, Robinson, Ronald, Alexis, Dennis Arun, Jackson, Logan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.04.2020
• 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

Provided herein are liquid polymer (LP) compositions comprising a synthetic (co)polymer (e.g., an acrylamide (co)polymer), as well as methods for preparing inverted polymer solutions by inverting these LP compositions in an aqueous fluid. The resulting inverted polymer solutions can have a concentra...