Enhances Waterfloods

 

• Ionized water frees oil from the reservoir

 

• Thinner water sweeps through smaller pore spaces

 

• Hydrogen peroxide reacts with hydrocarbons to form surfactants

 

• In combination, these enable more oil to be recovered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Fork Unit East Edmond Oil Field, Oklahoma, US

 

Peak production was 7,000 barrels/month (bbls/mo) in 1976, However by Jan-00 output had dropped to 280 bbls/mo. Installing the Ionizer in Apr-00 boosted production by over 600% to 1,800 bbls/mo.

 

Installation diagram