US 11,718,785 B2
Enhancing foam stability using allium sativum oil
Deena Tayyib, Dhahran (SA); Zuhair AlYousif, Saihat (SA); and Abdulaziz AlQasim, Dammam (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/651,358.
Application 17/651,358 is a division of application No. 16/874,825, filed on May 15, 2020, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169918 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. C09K 8/94 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C09K 8/82 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 8/94 (2013.01) [C09K 8/602 (2013.01); C09K 8/82 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of enhancing recovery of oil from an oil containing formation comprising steps of:
preparing a foam within the oil containing formation, wherein the preparing the foam comprises:
mixing a stability enhancing additive and an anionic surfactant to form a foaming composition, wherein the stability enhancing additive is allium sativum oil; and
injecting the foaming composition into the oil containing formation, wherein the foaming composition comprises allium sativum oil in an amount ranging from 41.8 to 58.8 vol % with respect to a total volume of the anionic surfactant and the allium sativum oil, wherein the foaming composition comprises from 0.1 to 0.4 vol % anionic surfactant.