NOVEL SURFACTANTS FOR TERTIARY MINERAL OIL EXTRACTION BASED ON BRANCHED ALCOHOL

摘要

Disclosed are surfactants of general formula R1-X in which R1 is an aliphatic C17H35- alkyl radical and X is a hydrophilic group, and the radical R1 has an average degree of branching of 2.8 to 3.7. Also disclosed are mixtures containing such surfactants as well as the use of such surfactants or the mixtures thereof for tertiary crude oil recovery.