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US 11,649,394 B2Granted
Ionic liquid-based products for IOR applications
AssigneeAlchemy Sciences, Inc.
InventorsErick Acosta, Luchao Jin
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Abstract
A method includes forming an ionic liquid-based product, the ionic liquid-based product including an ionic liquid and mixing the ionic-liquid based product with a fluid. The method also includes injecting the fluid mixed with the ionic-liquid based product into a formation as part of an Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) application.
Claims6
A method comprising:
- forming an ionic liquid-based product, the ionic liquid-based product including an ionic liquid;
- mixing the ionic-liquid based product with a fluid, the ionic liquid being
- wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is selected from substituted or unsubstituted aryls and alkylenearyl hydroxalkyls;
- X is an anion;
- and m and n are chosen to provide electronic neutrality;
- and
- injecting the fluid mixed with the ionic-liquid based product into a formation as part of an Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) application.
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