摘要 |
<p>F-9580 SURFACTANT WATERFLOODING EMPLOYING AMPHOTERIC SULFONIUM SULFONATES Waterflood process for the recovery of oil from a subterranean oil reservoir involving injecting into the reservoir an aqueous solution of an amphoteric surfactant having an inner sulfonium group linked to a terminal sulfonate group. The amphoteric sulfonium sulfonate may be employed in relatively low concentrations within the range of 0.001-0.1 weight percent and injected in an aqueous slug of at least 0.5 pore volume. The invention may be applied in situations in which the reservoir waters and/or the water employed in formulating the surfactant solution contain relatively high amounts of divalent metal ions. Specifically disclosed sulfonium sulfonates include dodecylmethylsulfonium propane sulfonate, tetradecylmethylsulfonium propane sulfonate, and hexadecylhydroxyethylsulfonium propane sulfonate.</p> |