Composition for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir
AssigneeNalco Company
InventorsKin-Tai Chang, Harry Frampton, James C. Morgan
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Abstract
A composition comprising expandable cross linked polymeric microparticles having an unexpanded volume average particle size diameter of from about 0.05 to about 10 microns and a cross linking agent content of about 6,000 to less than about 9,000 ppm of labile cross linkers and from 0 to about 300 ppm of non-labile cross linkers, useful for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations and increasing the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the formations.
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A composition comprising highly cross linked expandable polymeric microparticles having an unexpanded volume average particle size diameter of from about 0.05 to about 10 microns and a cross linking agent content of about 6,000 to less than about 9,000 ppm of labile cross linkers and from 0 to about 300 ppm of non-labile cross linkers.
A method of preparing highly cross linked expandable polymeric microparticles having an unexpanded volume average particle size diameter of from about 0.05 to about 10 microns comprising polymerizing one or more allylic, vinylic or acrylic monomers under free-radical forming conditions in the presence of about 6,000 to less than about 9,000 ppm of labile cross linkers and 0 to about 300 ppm of non-labile cross linkers.
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