CPC C09K 8/524 (2013.01) [C09K 8/594 (2013.01); C10B 53/07 (2013.01); E21B 43/16 (2013.01)] | 26 Claims |
1. A method of enhanced oil recovery for a crude oil production well, comprising,
pyrolyzing rubber materials including the steps of heating the rubber materials to form pyro-vapors, condensing the pyro-vapors to form pyro-gas and pyro-oil where the pyro-oil includes an inhibitor solution including non-polar hydrocarbons and polar hydrocarbons, the rubber materials being scrap tires,
the non-polar hydrocarbons comprising at least one of benzene ring compounds, xylene isomers, toluene, naphthalene and indene, and
injecting the inhibitor solution as an injection stream into the crude oil production well to facilitate production of crude oil from the crude oil production well.
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