Abstract: A method to manufacture stable water-in-oil polymer emulsion with low viscosity by using special stabilizing surfactant package is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of a scale inhibitor and a method of inhibiting the formation of scale uses a water soluble polymeric gelling agent, in particular synthetic polymer, which has been degraded and reduced in its molecular weight.

Abstract: A method to manufacture stable water-in-oil polymer emulsion with low viscosity by using special stabilizing surfactant package is disclosed.

Abstract: A method to manufacture stable water-in-oil polymer emulsion with low viscosity by using special stabilizing surfactant package is disclosed.

Abstract: A method to manufacture water soluble polymers in inverse (water-in-oil) emulsion with improved performance in oil recovery processes and their use in the treatment of subterranean reservoirs is disclosed.

Abstract: A method to reduce the viscosity of viscosified treatment fluids is disclosed herein. The method includes a water soluble polymer as viscosifying agent, preferably a synthetic water soluble polymer, optionally a crosslinker for the water soluble polymer, a breaker system containing an organic peroxide, mixing the viscosified treatment fluid and the breaker composition and allowing the viscosified treatment fluid and the breaker composition to interact whereby the viscosity of the viscosified treatment is reduced. The application of the process in the production of oil and gas is also discussed.

Abstract: A method to reduce the viscosity of viscosified treatment fluids is disclosed herein. The method includes a water soluble polymer, a breaker system containing at least one aliphatic azo-compound, mixing the viscosified treatment fluid and the breaker composition and allowing the viscosified treatment fluid and the breaker composition to interact whereby the viscosity of the viscosified treatment is reduced. The application of the process in the production of oil and gas and to the treatment fluids is also discussed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a water soluble synthetic copolymer comprising acrylamide monomer units and additionally monomer units bearing phosphonic groups, said copolymer having not more than 5 wt.-% of monomer units containing carboxylic groups, as friction reducer for subterranean treatment and said water soluble synthetic copolymer being cross-linkable using polyvalent cations.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of a scale inhibitor and a method of inhibiting the formation of scale uses a water soluble polymeric gelling agent, in particular synthetic polymer, which has been degraded and reduced in its molecular weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to reduce the water loss in slurries and solutions used in oil field or gas field operations, for example for drilling, cementing and completion operations by adding a copolymer having a high molecular weight characterized by a K value of at least 300, said copolymer comprising structural units derived from monomers having sulfonic acid or derivative thereof, phosphonic acid or derivative thereof and acrylamide functionality.

Abstract: The use of synthetic polymer in combination with an organic corrosion inhibiting compound having at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, preferably selected from the group of acetylenic alcohols, ?,?-unsaturated aldehydes, and/or ?-alkenyl phenones, reduces or inhibits corrosion of metal equipment present during acidizing treatment in gas- or oilfield reservoirs with one or more acids. Also disclosed is a method for reducing or inhibiting corrosion of steel equipment present during an acid treatment of a gas- or oilfield reservoir with one or more acids by using a specific synthetic polymer as corrosion inhibitor in combination with an organic corrosion inhibiting compound having at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, preferably selected from the group of acetylenic alcohols, ?,?-unsaturated aldehydes, and/or ?-alkenyl phenones.

Abstract: A method to reduce the viscosity of viscosified treatment fluids is disclosed herein. The method includes a water soluble polymer, a breaker system containing at least one aliphatic azo-compound, mixing the viscosified treatment fluid and the breaker composition and allowing the viscosified treatment fluid and the breaker composition to interact whereby the viscosity of the viscosified treatment is reduced. The application of the process in the production of oil and gas and to the treatment fluids is also discussed.

Abstract: A method to reduce the viscosity of viscosified treatment fluids is disclosed herein. The method includes a water soluble polymer as viscosifying agent, preferably a synthetic water soluble polymer, optionally a crosslinker for the water soluble polymer, a breaker system containing an organic peroxide, mixing the viscosified treatment fluid and the breaker composition and allowing the viscosified treatment fluid and the breaker composition to interact whereby the viscosity of the viscosified treatment is reduced. The application of the process in the production of oil and gas is also discussed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature-stable hydrogel comprising electrolytic water and a copolymer cross-linked to multivalent metal ions. The invention is characterized in that the copolymer contains at least structural units which are derived at up to 0.005-20% by weight from an ethylenically unsaturated phosphonic acid and alkali metal salts thereof and/or ammonia salts, up to 5-40% by weight from an ethylenically unsaturated sulfuric acid and alkali metal salts thereof and/or ammonia salts and up to 5-94.995% by weight from an amide of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid selected from the group of acrylamide, methacrylamide and/or C1-C4 alkyl derivatives, wherein the percentages are based on the total mass of the monomers used during copolymerization, and that the multivalent metal ions for cross-linking of the copolymers belong to the groups IIIA, IVB, VB, VIIIB and/or VIIIB of the periodic system of elements.

Abstract: A method for synthesize hydrogels, that may be used in fracturing operations, with increased viscosity from a solution containing water, a copolymer and a dissolved salt of an alkaline metal, an earth alkaline metal and/or an organic amine by addition of a zirconium compound as a crosslinker which comprises: i) providing a copolymer containing structural units of formula I, structural units of formula II, and structural units of formula Ill ii) preparing an aqueous solution by adding the copolymer prepared in step i) to a solution comprising water and the dissolved salt, iii) forming a network of a hydrogel by addition of at least one zirconium-compound to the aqueous solution prepared in step ii), and iv) selecting the amount of the dissolved salt in the hydrogel to range from 0.15 and 10 weight %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to reduce the water loss in slurries and solutions used in oil field or gas field operations, for example for drilling, cementing and completion operations by adding a copolymer having a high molecular weight characterized by a K value of at least 300, said copolymer comprising structural units derived from monomers having sulfonic acid or derivative thereof, phosphonic acid or derivative thereof and acrylamide functionality.

Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature-stable hydrogel comprising electrolytic water and a copolymer cross-linked to multivalent metal ions. The invention is characterized in that the copolymer contains at least structural units which are derived at up to 0.005-20% by weight from an ethylenically unsaturated phosphonic acid and alkali metal salts thereof and/or ammonia salts, up to 5-40% by weight from an ethylenically unsaturated sulfuric acid and alkali metal salts thereof and/or ammonia salts and up to 5-94.995% by weight from an amide of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid selected from the group of acrylamide, methacrylamide and/or C1-C4 alkyl derivatives, wherein the percentages are based on the total mass of the monomers used during copolymerization, and that the multivalent metal ions for cross-linking of the copolymers belong to the groups IIIA, IVB, VB, VIIIB and/or VIIIB of the periodic system of elements.

Abstract: An electrolyte-containing aqueous polymer solution is described with a salt content of 5% to 35% by weight with respect to the total weight of the polymer solution, containing at least one dissolved synthetic copolymer which contains structural units which are derived from (i) at least one amide of an ethylenically unsaturated carbonic acid and from (ii) at least one ethylenically unsaturated sulphonic acid or their alkali metal salts and/or ammonium salts, and containing at least one non-ionic surfactant selected from the group formed by alkoxylated fatty alcohols, alkoxylated alkylphenols and/or alkoxylated fatty acids, with the proviso that the mean degree of alkoxylation of said surfactants is 8-10. The aqueous polymer solution is used for the tertiary recovery of crude petroleum and is characterized by very good filtration behaviour, in particular in the presence of saline water.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of monoisopropylnaphthalene by alkylation of naphthalene with the aid of zeolites of the faujasite type as catalysts, wherein the cations of the zeolites have been replaced by alkaline earth metal ions.

Abstract: A process for the acylation of naphthyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## using acylating agents of the formula R.sup.2 --CO--X to give acylated naphthyl ethers of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are C.sub.1 -- to C.sub.10 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -- to C.sub.10 -alkenyl or C.sub.3 - to C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl and R.sup.2 is additionally C.sub.6 - to C.sub.10 -aryl and X is Cl, Br, --OCOR.sup.2, OH or C.sub.1 - to C.sub.3 -alkoxy, comprises carrying out the reaction presence of zeolite catalysts which have the formula Z.Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.x SiO.sub.2 (III) in the anhydrous and template-free form, in which Z is M.sup.I.sub.2 O, M.sup.II O and/or (M.sup.III).sub.2 O.sub.3, in which M.sup.I is an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a hydrogen atom, M.sup.II is an alkaline earth metal atom and M.sup.