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Polymer containing pendant vinyl ether groups useful in enhanced oil recovery using

Cyrus A. Irani, Thomas V. Harris, W.R. Aetzer

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This patent describes an improvement in a method for recovering oil from an underground oil-bearing earth formation penetrated by an injection well and a producing well, in which method carbon dioxide is injected into the formation to displace oil towards the producing well from which oil is produced to the surface. It comprises: injecting into the formation carbon dioxide, the viscosity of which is increased at least three-fold by the presence of a sufficient amount of polymer containing pendant vinyl ether groups and a sufficient amount of a cosolvent to form a solution of the polymer in the carbon dioxide, wherein the minimum solubility parameter of the polymer is reduced to 6.85(cal/cc)1/1/2 or less by control of the number of pendant vinyl ether groups and by the selection of the vinyl ether groups.

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This patent describes an improvement in a method for recovering oil from an underground oil-bearing earth formation penetrated by an injection well and a producing well, in which method carbon dioxide is injected into the formation to displace oil towards the producing well from which oil is produced to the surface. It comprises: injecting into the formation carbon dioxide, the viscosity of which is increased at least three-fold by the presence of a sufficient amount of polymer containing pendant vinyl ether groups and a sufficient amount of a cosolvent to form a solution of the polymer in the carbon dioxide, wherein the minimum solubility parameter of the polymer is reduced to 6.85(cal/cc)1/1/2 or less by control of the number of pendant vinyl ether groups and by the selection of the vinyl ether groups.

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This patent describes an improvement in a method for recovering oil from an underground oil-bearing earth formation penetrated by an injection well and a producing well, in which method carbon dioxide is injected into the formation to displace oil towards the producing well from which oil is produced to the surface. It comprises: injecting into the formation carbon dioxide, the viscosity of which is increased at least three-fold by the presence of a sufficient amount of polymer containing pendant vinyl ether groups and a sufficient amount of a cosolvent to form a solution of the polymer in the carbon dioxide, wherein the minimum solubility parameter of the polymer is reduced to 6.85(cal/cc)1/1/2 or less by control of the number of pendant vinyl ether groups and by the selection of the vinyl ether groups.

Key concepts: Vinyl ether, Vinyl polymer, Polymer, Ether, Carbon dioxide, Chemistry, Solubility, Polymer chemistry

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