US 12,139,666 B1
Effervescent tablet for enhanced oil recovery and enhanced oil recovery method using the same
Naser Alsayegh, Shuwaikh (KW); Nawaf F. Aljuwayhel, Kuwait (KW); and Abbas Hamoud, Al-Eqaila (KW)
Assigned to KUWAIT UNIVERSITY, Safat (KW)
Filed by KUWAIT UNIVERSITY, Safat (KW)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/650,499.
Int. Cl. C09K 8/592 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 8/592 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing enhanced oil recovery, comprising the steps of:
preparing a suspension by adding an effervescent tablet to water, wherein the effervescent tablet comprises multi-walled carbon nanotubes, sodium dodecyl sulfate, sodium phosphate monobasic, and sodium carbonate;
injecting steam into an oil well; and
flooding the oil well with the suspension.