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United States Patent | 3,554,286 |
Feuerbacher , et al. | January 12, 1971 |
A process for the recovery of hydrocarbons from subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formations by the treatment of the formation with an aqueous medium containing a base and a substituted nitrobenzene.
Inventors: | Feuerbacher; David G. (Bellaire, TX), Sample, Jr.; Thomas E. (Houston, TX) |
Assignee: |
Texaco Inc.
(New York,
NY)
|
Appl. No.: | 04/834,864 |
Filed: | June 19, 1969 |
Current U.S. Class: | 166/266 ; 166/272.4; 166/400; 208/390 |
Current International Class: | C09K 8/58 (20060101); E21b 043/22 (); E21b 043/24 () |
Field of Search: | 166/266,267,265,268,274,275,272,263,305,271 208/11 299/7 252/8.55D |
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