Sulfur Is Attached Directly Or Indirectly To The Acrylic Acid Monomer Or Derivative By Nonionic Bonding (e.g., Acrylamidoalkane Sulfonates, Etc.) Patents (Class 507/226)
  • Patent number: 11246848
    Abstract: The invention discloses a three-dimensional cage-like hyperbranched monomer and preparation method and application thereof. The three-dimensional cage-like hyperbranched monomer has the structural formula I: wherein in the structural formula I: X is any one of —O, —S, —NH; y is any integer from 2 to 8; R is —H or —CH3. The beneficial effect of the technical scheme proposed in the present invention is: by introducing easily polymerizable olefin groups, the carboxyl group and amide group are combined in the three-dimensional cage-like hyperbranched monomer to make the water solubility good, and it can be copolymerized with many other monomers to obtain the three-dimensional cage-like hyperbranched polymer; when used as an additive for wellbore working fluids, due to the hyperbranched structure of the polymer, it has good salt and temperature resistance, and also has viscosity increasing, filtration loss, and flocculation properties; meanwhile, the synthesis method is simple and the cost is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: YANGTZE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wenming Shu, Weichu Yu, Jizhao Xing, Aibin Wu, Yaolu Li
  • Patent number: 11149186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for enhanced oil recovery by flushing an underground formation, comprising the injection into the underground formation of an aqueous composition comprising microgels having at least one crosslinked polymer, characterized in that the polymer is crosslinked with at least one crosslinking agent capable of being degraded under the temperature conditions of the underground formation, and a content of crosslinking agent between 1 and 90 ppm per mole with respect to the total number of moles of monomer constituting the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: S.P.C.M. SA, POWELTEC
    Inventors: Cédrick Favero, Olivier Braun, Elvire Tognisso, Alain Zaitoun, Nazanin Salehi, Jérôme Bouillot
  • Patent number: 11008495
    Abstract: A composition comprising a water-soluble powder that is agglomerated by a water-soluble wax, which is then allowed to cool and re-solidify to product clusters of the water-soluble powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HIGHLAND FLUID TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Wilbur Smith, Jason Kenneth Holt
  • Patent number: 10836953
    Abstract: A composition including a coated nanoparticle including a nanoparticle and a cross-linked carbohydrate-based coating and an ion selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Be2+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, and mixtures thereof; methods of making and using the composition; and systems including the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Jason R. Cox, Hooisweng Ow, Shannon L. Eichmann, Howard K. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10308865
    Abstract: A composition including a coated nanoparticle including a nanoparticle and a cross-linked carbohydrate-based coating and an ion selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Be2+, Mg2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, and mixtures thereof; methods of making and using the composition; and systems including the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Jason R. Cox, Hooisweng Ow, Shannon L. Eichmann, Howard K. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9518209
    Abstract: Gellable treatment fluids containing an amps-acrylamide bipolymer and a suitable surfactant can be used in various subterranean operations where it is necessary for the treatment fluid to remain in a gelled state for extended periods of time at high formation temperatures. The gellable treatment fluids are thermally-stable, solids-free self-degrading treatment fluid compositions useful in fluid loss pill, kill pill, perforation pill and other gel treatment applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Pubudu H Gamage
  • Publication number: 20150148269
    Abstract: Design and preparation of a smart system, including a hydrophilic polymer nanoparticle as a core material and a hydrophilic-hydrophobic block copolymer as a coating nanolayer for use in a smart core-shell nanostructure flooding during enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process. The hydrophilic polymers are prepared by an inverse emulsion method. The central core of this nanostructure includes hydrophilic polymer. The nanolayer can be a surfmer. The binary properties of the shell and hydrophilic polymers increase the water viscosity in the water-oil interface and enhance oil recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Yousef Tamsilian, Ahmad Ramazani S.A.
  • Patent number: 9034805
    Abstract: Fluid treatment systems and compositions are provided including (a) at least one material including (1) at least one carboxylic acid functional group and (2) at least one sulfur-containing group selected from the group consisting of sulfonyl functional groups, sulfonate functional groups and mixtures thereof; and (b) at least one scale control agent. The fluid treatment systems and compositions can be used to treat aqueous systems, for example as fracturing fluids for treating aqueous compositions found in subterranean formations. Methods for inhibiting formation and/or precipitation of calcium salts in an aqueous composition using the fluid treatment systems or compositions also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: KROFF CHEMICAL COMPANY, NABORS COMPLETION & PRODUCTION SERVICES CO.
    Inventors: Paul Rey, Susan Rey, Michael John Seyman, David Grottenthaler, Matthew E. Blauch
  • Patent number: 9034804
    Abstract: Fluid treatment systems and compositions are provided including (a) at least one material including (1) at least one carboxylic acid functional group and (2) at least one sulfur-containing group selected from the group consisting of sulfonyl functional groups, sulfonate functional groups and mixtures thereof; and (b) at least one friction reducing agent selected from the group consisting of guar gums, polyacrylamides, hydratable cellulosic materials, viscoelastic surfactants, and mixtures thereof. The fluid treatment systems and compositions can be used to treat aqueous systems, for example as fracturing fluids for use in fracturing subterranean formations. Methods for inhibiting formation and/or precipitation of metal oxides in an aqueous composition using the fluid treatment systems or compositions also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: KROFF CHEMICAL COMPANY, NABORS COMPLETION & PRODUCTION SERVICES CO.
    Inventors: Paul Rey, Susan Rey, Michael John Seyman, Matthew E. Blauch
  • Publication number: 20150133347
    Abstract: A aqueous solution that includes water, from 100,000 to 300,000 ppm of dissolved solids, from 0.5 to 3 gallons per thousand gallons of a water-in-oil emulsion, and an inverting surfactant. The water-in oil emulsion includes an oil phase and an aqueous phase where the oil phase is a continuous phase comprising an inert hydrophobic liquid and the aqueous phase is present as dispersed distinct particles in the oil phase. The aqueous phase contains water, a water soluble polymer, and surfactants. The water soluble polymer includes 30 to 50 weight percent of a non-ionic monomer, 5 to 15 weight percent of a sulfonic acid containing monomer, and 40 to 60 weight percent of a cationic monomer. The water soluble polymer makes up from 10 to 35 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: HsinChen Chung, Yuntao Thomas Hu, Xiangnan Ye, Narongsak Tonmukayakul, Michael A. McCabe, Kevin Walter Frederick, Shih-Ruey Tom Chen, Randy Jack Loeffler
  • Patent number: 9027644
    Abstract: Crosslinked gelling agents employed during subterranean operations use electronically-modified boronic acids to enable higher operating temperatures while allowing reduced gelling agent loadings; the boronic acids having Formula I: X1 and X2 are independently selected from O, CH2, CH2O, OCH2, bond, and null, Y1 and Y2 are independently N or C, Ar is a 5- or 6-membered ring aryl or heteroaryl group with a link L to monomer unit M1, m is 1 or 2, n is 0, 1, 2, or 3, and each Z is independently an electron withdrawing group selected from nitro, ester, carboxylic acids, carboxylates, halogen, cyano, amide, acyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, CF3, a quaternary ammonium salt, polyhaloalkyl, and carbamate, with the proviso that when n is 0, the link L between M1 and Ar includes an electron withdrawing group attached to Ar, and introducing the treatment fluids into subterranean formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Jeremy Holtsclaw, David Loveless
  • Publication number: 20150114648
    Abstract: Fluids including a parylene-coated chemical entity and methods of treating a subterranean formation with such fluids are disclosed. The methods may include introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, the treatment fluid containing a parylene-coated particle having a chemical entity encapsulated therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andrey Mirakyan, Richard Hutchins, Sergey Makarychev-Mikhailov
  • Publication number: 20150096751
    Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing composition includes: a superabsorbent polymer in an expanded state; a plurality of proppant particles disposed in the superabsorbent polymer; a well treatment agent, and a fluid to expand the superabsorbent polymer into the expanded state. A process for treating a well with well treatment agent includes disposing a hydraulic fracturing composition comprising the well treatment agent in a well. The well treatment agent can be a scale inhibitor, tracer, pH buffering agent, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dong Shen, Leiming Li, Jia Zhou, Hong Sun
  • Patent number: 8993492
    Abstract: A crosslinking composition for hydrocarbon gels containing phosphate ester gelling agents comprising a modified imidazoline or pyrimidine including an alkyl group (or unsaturated carbon chain) or of 10 to 22 carbon atoms, a polyamine, and ferric sulfate. The method of making the crosslinking agent features adding the polyamine after reaction of the other ingredients; unique gels formed with the crosslinking agent are particularly effective for LNG at very cold temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: CST Performance Products Corp.
    Inventors: Larry W. Gatlin, Glen E. Walden, Ernest McMillan
  • Publication number: 20150080275
    Abstract: The invention provides for the use of a copolymer, comprising a) 0.1 to 10 mol-%, based on the weight of the copolymer, of structural units derived from vinylphosphonic acid or of a salt thereof, b) 40 to 80 mol-%, based on the weight of the copolymer, of structural units derived from compounds of the formula (1) c) 1 to 50 mol-%, based on the weight of the copolymer, of structural units derived from compounds of the formula (5) in which X is OH or NR3R4, and R3 and R4, independently of one another, are H or C1-C4-alkyl, for the inhibition and/or dispersion of inorganic sulphide scales, and for a process for the inhibition and/or dispersion of inorganic sulphide scales, the process comprising adding to water being within an oil or gas containing formation said copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Malcolm Todd, Catherine Strachan, Gordon Moir, John Goulding
  • Publication number: 20150057196
    Abstract: Charged nanoparticles may be added to an aqueous downhole fluid having polymers therein where the charged nanoparticles may crosslink at least a portion of the polymers. The polymers may be or include, but are not limited to polyacrylamide, xanthan, guar, polyacrylic acid, poly 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propane sulfonic acid (AMPS), polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, or combinations thereof. The polymers may be homopolymers, copolymers, terpolymers, or combinations thereof. The charged nanoparticles may be or include, but are not limited to clay nanoparticles, modified nanoparticles, or combinations thereof. The aqueous downhole fluid may be or include, but is not limited to fracturing fluids, injection fluids, and combinations thereof for performing a fracturing operation, an injection operation, another enhanced oil recovery operation, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Saet B. Debord, Christabel Tanifum
  • Patent number: 8962536
    Abstract: The instant invention pertains to a composition which may be useful for enhancing oil recovery. The composition typically comprises the reaction mixture of at least (a) two or more compounds capable of generating at least about 20 kcal to about 150 kcal per mole when contacted; (b) one or more suitable surfactants or one or more suitable polymers or a mixture thereof; and (c) oil. The invention also pertains to a method for enhancing oil recovery wherein a suitable system is injected through a wellbore into a reservoir to enhance mobility of oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Winslow, Gabriel Prukop, Varadarajan Dwarakanath
  • Publication number: 20150045260
    Abstract: Aqueous and substantially anhydrous fluids having particularly low thermal conductivities and variable densities are disclosed. The fluids include: one or more organic and/or inorganic salts and at least one aprotic polar organic solvent, a mixture of aprotic and protic polar organic solvents, and/or a polar organic solvent having both protic and aprotic polar functional group linkages. The fluids optionally include one or more viscosifying agents and are free of cross-linking agents. Methods for formulating and using the fluids are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey McKennis, Marshall Chiasson, Mohammad Hossaini, Nam-Sook Bae
  • Patent number: 8940667
    Abstract: Fluid treatment systems and compositions are provided including (a) at least one material including (1) at least one carboxylic acid functional group and (2) at least one sulfur-containing group selected from the group consisting of sulfonyl functional groups, sulfonate functional groups and mixtures thereof; (b) at least one friction reducing agent selected from the group consisting of guar gums, polyacrylamides, hydratable cellulosic materials, viscoelastic surfactants, and mixtures thereof; and (c) at least one scale control agent. The fluid treatment systems and compositions can be used to treat aqueous systems, for example as fracturing fluids for treating aqueous compositions found in subterranean formations. Methods for inhibiting formation and/or precipitation of metal oxides in an aqueous composition using the fluid treatment systems or compositions also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: Kroff Chemical Company, Nabors Completion & Production Services Co.
    Inventors: Paul Rey, Susan Rey, Michael John Seyman, Matthew E. Blauch
  • Publication number: 20150021022
    Abstract: Energized slurries (including foams) comprising an Apollonian particle mixture and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of viscosifiers, gelling agents and rheological agents. Also, methods, fluids, equipment and/or systems for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, relating to treatment fluids based on the energized slurries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hemant Kumar J. Ladva, Yiyan Chen, Anthony Loiseau
  • Publication number: 20150011442
    Abstract: A treatment fluid for treating a portion of a high-temperature subterranean formation comprises: a base fluid, wherein the base fluid comprises water; a viscosifier, wherein the viscosifier is a polymer, and wherein the viscosifier is thermally stable up to a temperature of 325° F.; and a stabilizer package, wherein the stabilizer package: (A) comprises a first stabilizer and a second stabilizer, wherein the first stabilizer is an oxygen scavenger and the second stabilizer is a pH adjustor; and (B) is capable of increasing the thermal stability of the viscosifier to a temperature greater than 350° F., wherein the portion of the subterranean formation has a bottomhole temperature greater than 350° F. A method of treating a high-temperature subterranean formation comprises introducing the treatment fluid into the portion of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Prerana U. SURYAWANSHI, Achala V. DANAIT, Rajendra A. KALGAONKAR
  • Publication number: 20140367096
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrocarbon recovery composition comprising an anionic surfactant, wherein said composition is in the solid state, and to a shaped article comprising said composition. Preferably, said composition is in the form of a powder. Further, the invention relates to a process for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation comprising the steps of a) transporting said composition or shaped article to the location of the hydrocarbon containing formation; b) dissolving said composition or shaped article in water thereby forming an aqueous fluid containing the hydrocarbon recovery composition; c) providing the aqueous fluid containing the hydrocarbon recovery composition to at least a portion of the hydrocarbon containing formation; and d) allowing the hydrocarbon recovery composition to interact with the hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon containing formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Julian Richard Barnes, Hendrik Dirkzwager, Robert Moene, Reinaldo Conrado Navarrete, Kirk Herbert Raney
  • Publication number: 20140352967
    Abstract: A method of using a water based solution having a controllable gel time. The method includes providing a predetermined ratio of a water soluble silicate solution having at least one alkali metal, providing a predetermined ratio of a water dispersible polymer, and providing a predetermined ratio of a water soluble initiator containing a reactive carbonyl compound. One embodiment of the method also includes combining the water soluble silicate solution, the dispersible polymer, and the water soluble initiator and injecting downhole in a single stage treatment. Another embodiment of the method includes pre-mixing at least the water soluble silicate solution and the dispersible polymer into a mixture, then injecting the water soluble initiator and the mixture downhole separately for a multi-stage treatment with in situ mixing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Lyle D. Burns, Kenneth D. Oglesby, Michael A. Burns
  • Publication number: 20140352969
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to a composition including a crosslinkable ampholyte polymer or a crosslinked product of the same, methods of making and using the composition, and systems including the composition. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method can include obtaining or providing a composition including a crosslinkable ampholyte polymer. The crosslinkable ampholyte polymer can include an ethylene repeating unit including a —C(O)NH2 group, an ethylene repeating unit including a —S(O)2OR1 group, and an ethylene repeating unit comprising an —N+R23X? group. At each occurrence, R1 can be independently selected from the group consisting of —H and a counterion. At each occurrence, R2 can be independently substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C20)hydrocarbyl. At each occurrence, X? can be independently a counterion. The composition can also include at least one crosslinker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: HsinChen Chung, Yuntao Thomas Hu, Narongsak Tonmukayakul, Harvey Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20140345863
    Abstract: Electromagnetically active slurries comprising stabilized fluids and methods of using the stabilized, electromagnetically active slurries in fluid flow control and detection. Also, methods, fluids, equipment and/or systems for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, relating to treatment fluids based on the stabilized, electromagnetically active slurries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hemant K. J. Ladva, Yiyan Chen, Anthony Loiseau, Dmitriy Ivanovich Potapenko
  • Publication number: 20140342952
    Abstract: A treatment fluid for treating a portion of a high-temperature subterranean formation comprises: a base fluid, wherein the base fluid comprises water; a viscosifier, wherein the viscosifier is a polymer, and wherein the viscosifier is thermally stable up to a temperature of 325° F.; and a stabilizer package, wherein the stabilizer package: (A) comprises a first stabilizer and a second stabilizer, wherein the first stabilizer is an oxygen scavenger and the second stabilizer is a pH adjustor; and (B) is capable of increasing the thermal stability of the viscosifier to a temperature greater than 350° F., wherein the portion of the subterranean formation has a bottomhole temperature greater than 350° F. A method of treating a high-temperature subterranean formation comprises introducing the treatment fluid into the portion of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Prerana U. SURYAWANSHI, Achala V. DANAIT, Rajendra A. KALGAONKAR
  • Publication number: 20140329727
    Abstract: A method involving exposing a substance to a promoter, the promoter being made from a liquid carrier and a metal salt component, the metal salt component, having at least (i) a magnetic susceptibility above 1000 or (ii) an ionization potential below about 500 volts, or (iii) both (i) and (ii), and applying electromagnetic wave energy to the substance while the substance is in the presence of the promoter, for a period of time and at a frequency and amplification sufficient to promote the modification of at least one physical property of the substance. A related method of treating a well in a subterranean formation, a tank or a pipeline, and the well treatment promoter composition, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Harold J. Becker
  • Patent number: 8871691
    Abstract: Methods of treating flowback water from a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore are provided, comprising: (a) providing remediated flowback water having a ferrous iron (Fe+2) ion concentration of less than about 100 milligrams of ferrous iron ion per liter of flowback water, a barium ion (Ba+2) concentration of less than about 500 milligrams of barium ion per liter of flowback water, and a calcium ion (Ca+) concentration of at least about 1,000 milligrams of calcium ion per liter of remediated flowback water; and (b) treating the flowback water with: (i) at least one friction reducing agent; and (ii) at least one scale formation inhibiting agent and/or at least one iron precipitation control agent to provide treated flowback water which can be reused as fracturing fluid in a well drilling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kroff Chemical Company
    Inventors: Paul Rey, Susan Rey, David Grottenthaler
  • Publication number: 20140262293
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to fracturing fluids having temperature-sensitive viscosities. The fracturing fluids may include a mixture of a hydrophobically associative polymer (HAP) and a surfactant in an aqueous medium, wherein the surfactant imparts a critical solution temperature (CST) to the fluid. The fluid is more viscous at temperatures lower than the CST as compared to temperatures above the CST.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Jingshe Song, Jesse Vincent Mello, Lulu Song
  • Publication number: 20140238702
    Abstract: The invention is directed to polymers that self-crosslink at acidic pH or can be crosslinked by phenolic agents in brine. Such polymers have lower viscosity and can be pumped deep into reservoirs, where they will cross link in situ, thus increasing their viscosity and/or form a gel and blocking thief zones. Methods of making and using such polymers are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: University of Kansas, ConocoPhillips Comapny
    Inventors: Huili GUAN, Cory BERKLAND, Ahmad MORADI-ARAGHI, Jenn-Tai LIANG, Terry M. CHRISTIAN, Riley B. NEEDHAM, James H. Hedges, Min CHENG, Faye L. SCULLY
  • Patent number: 8783356
    Abstract: Water-soluble, hydrophobically associating copolymers which comprise new types of hydrophobically associating monomers. The monomers comprise an ethylenically unsaturated group and a polyether group with block structure comprising a hydrophilic polyalkylene oxide block which consists essentially of ethylene oxide groups, and a terminal, hydrophobic polyalkylene oxide block which consists of alkylene oxides with at least 4, preferably at least 5 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Roland Reichenbach-Klinke, Thomas Pfeuffer, Kati Schmidt, Thomas Ostrowski, Reinhold J. Leyrer, Yulia Fogel, Stefan Friedrich, Peter Gaeberlein, Andrea Orleans, Manfred Schuhbeck, Marcus Guzmann, Marcus Rösch, Bjorn Langlotz
  • Publication number: 20140196902
    Abstract: A method, system, and composition for producing oil from a formation utilizing an oil recovery formulation comprising a surfactant, an ammonia liquid, an alkali metal carbonate or bicarbonate, a polymer, and water are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey George SOUTHWICK, Yi SVEC, Gordon Thomas SHAHIN
  • Publication number: 20140187451
    Abstract: Hydrophilic polymer particles have been obtained using polyacrylamide, xanthane, maleic anhydride polymers, allylamine, ethyleneimine, and oxazoline as core polymers. Then, hydrophobic polymers shells have been produced on the core-side using styrene, styrene copolymers, polyvinyl state, polysolfune, polymethyl methacrylate, and polycyclohxyl methacrylate by in-situ polymerization of monomer as method one and inverse emulsion process as method two. These particles can release hydrophilic polymers at oil-water interface at the reservoir temperature where the water flooding should have the maximum viscosity. So, active materials cause to decrease the mobility ratio of water to oil in the reservoirs and on the other hand, plug the swept porosities and prevent to act the water fingering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Yousef Tamsilian, Ahmad Ramazani Saadatabadi
  • Publication number: 20140144643
    Abstract: A method of treating a portion of a subterranean formation that includes: providing a water-in-oil emulsion, inverting the water-in-oil emulsion to form a friction reducing treatment solution, and introducing the treatment solution into the portion of the subterranean formation. The water-in-oil emulsion has an oil phase, an aqueous phase and surfactants. The oil phase (O) and an aqueous phase (A) are present at an O/A ratio of from about 1:8 to about 10:1. The oil phase is present as a continuous phase and contains an inert hydrophobic liquid. The aqueous phase is present as a dispersed phase of distinct particles in the oil phase and includes water and a water soluble polymer. The water soluble polymer makes up from 10 to 25 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion. The water-in-oil emulsion is inverted by adding it to water to form a friction reducing treatment solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: WSP Chemicals & Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin W. Frederick, Shih-Reuy T. Chen
  • Publication number: 20140144628
    Abstract: The invention is directed to stable and labile crosslinked water swellable polymeric microparticles that can be further gelled, methods for making same, and their various uses in the hygiene and medical arts, gel electrophoresis, packaging, agriculture, the cable industry, information technology, in the food industry, papermaking, use as flocculation aids, and the like. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric microparticles having labile crosslinkers and stable crosslinkers, said microparticle mixed with a fluid and an unreacted tertiary crosslinker comprising PEI or other polyamine based tertiary crosslinker that is capable of further crosslinking the microparticle on degradation of the labile crosslinker and swelling of the particle, so as to form a stable gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmad MORADI-ARAGHI, Min CHENG, Riley B. NEEDHAM, James H. HEDGES, Ramesh S. SARATHI, Faye L. SCULLY, Terry M. CHRISTIAN, Huili GUAN, Cory BERKLAND, Jenn-Tai LIANG
  • Patent number: 8720557
    Abstract: A method of treating a zone of a subterranean carbonate formation penetrated by a wellbore is provided. The method includes the steps of: According to an embodiment, a method of treating a zone of a subterranean carbonate formation penetrated by a wellbore is provided, the method including the steps of: (a) forming a treatment fluid comprising: (i) water; (ii) a water-soluble polymer having at least one functional group that can be crosslinked with aluminum(III); and (iii) a water-soluble aluminum carboxylate; wherein the pH of the treatment fluid is less than 1; (b) introducing the treatment fluid through the wellbore into the zone; and (c) allowing time for the strong acid in the treatment fluid to spend in the formation such that the pH of the fluid increases sufficiently for the aluminum of the aluminum carboxylate to crosslink the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Prajakta R. Patil, Anjali R. Sarda, Shoy C. George, Yogesh K Choudhary, Rajendra Kaigankar
  • Patent number: 8708045
    Abstract: Treatment of a subterranean formation can be conducted with viscosified treatment fluids that comprise a multifunctional boronic acid crosslinking agent. Methods for treating a subterranean formation can comprise providing a treatment fluid that comprises an aqueous base fluid, a gelling agent, and a multifunctional boronic acid crosslinking agent that comprises a copolymer comprising at least one boronic acid monomer unit and at least one water-soluble monomer unit; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Jeremy Holtsclaw, Rajesh Kumar Saini
  • Publication number: 20140076565
    Abstract: A particulate suspending agent may be useful for mitigating particulate settling in wellbore applications with high-temperature and/or at near-neutral and higher pH values. Methods of treating a wellbore may include providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous liquid, a plurality of particulates, and a particulate suspending agent, wherein the particulate suspending agent comprises a crosslinked polymer particulate formed by a reaction comprising a first monofunctional monomer and an orthoester crosslinker, the orthoester crosslinker comprising an orthoester linkage and at least two crosslinking moieties; and placing the treatment fluid in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary P. Funkhouser
  • Patent number: 8669214
    Abstract: The invention is directed to stable crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers and methods for making same. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric particles having anionic sites and labile crosslinkers and stable crosslinkers, said particle mixed with a fluid and a cationic crosslinker that is capable of further crosslinking the particle on degradation of the labile crosslinker and exposure of the anionic sites so as to form a gel. A particularly important use is as an injection fluid in petroleum production, where the expandable polymeric particles are injected into target zone and when the heat and/or suitable pH of the target zone cause degradation of the labile crosslinker and the particle expands, the cationic crosslinker crosslinks the polymer to form a gel, thus diverting water to lower permeability regions and improving oil recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignees: ConocoPhillips Company, University of Kansas
    Inventors: Ahmad Moradi-Araghi, James H. Hedges, David R. Zornes, Riley B. Needham, Huili Guan, Jenn-Tai Liang, Cory Berkland, James P. Johnson, Min Cheng, Faye L. Scully
  • Patent number: 8669213
    Abstract: A well servicing fluid formulated with components comprising a friction reducer having at least one polymer unit chosen from acrylamide groups, acrylate groups, sulfo groups, and maleic acid groups; and an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant and an aqueous base capable of forming a viscoelastic gel. Methods of making the well servicing fluid and methods of employing the well servicing fluid in a well are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Justyna Ferraro, Kay Cawiezel
  • Publication number: 20140051610
    Abstract: Processes are provided for reducing the hydrodynamic friction of a turbulent brine stream including, for example, the step of injecting a mixture of a finely divided free flowing friction reducing powder into the turbulent brine stream, wherein the particles of the powder have a primary particle size between 10 and 100 microns in average particle diameter, and the brine stream comprises water with at least 90,000 ppm total dissolved solids, wherein the total dissolved solids includes at least 30,000 ppm sodium cations, 10,000 ppm calcium cations, and 1,000 ppm magnesium cations, and wherein the brine has an electrical conductivity of greater than 100.0 mS/cm at 25° C. For use with a harsher brine, the particles preferably have a primary particle size between 10 and 53 microns in average particle diameter. The friction reducing powder may, for example, be a polyacrylamide polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: CORSICANA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Houston P. Perry, Brian L. Mueller
  • Publication number: 20140038858
    Abstract: An enhanced oil recovery formulation composition containing a sacrificial agent and a surfactant dispersed in a fluid is provided. The sacrificial agent reduces the amount of surfactant required to enhance oil recovery from a petroleum-bearing formation. The sacrificial agent is selected from the group consisting of a compound comprising a single carboxylic acid, a single carboxylic acid derivative, or a single carboxylate salt, or a compound lacking a carboxylic acid group, a carboxylate group, a sulfonic acid group, or a sulfonate group that is a pheol, a sulphonamide, or a thiol, or a compound having a molecular weight of 1000 or less that comprises one or more hydroxyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey George SOUTHWICK, Marten Marten BUIJSE, Diederik Willem VAN BATENBURG, Carolus Hendricus Theodorus VAN RIJN
  • Publication number: 20140024562
    Abstract: High solids content slurry, systems and methods. The slurry comprises a carrier fluid and a solids mixture of first, second, third and fourth particle size distribution (PSD) modes wherein the first PSD mode is at least three times larger than the second PSD mode, which is larger than the third PSD mode, which is larger than the fourth PSD mode, and wherein at least one of the second and third PSD modes is less than 3 times larger than the respective third or fourth PSD mode. The method comprises forming the slurry, positioning a screen in a wellbore and circulating the slurry through the wellbore such that the solids mixture is deposited between the screen and the wellbore. The system comprises a pump to circulate the slurry, a workstring to position the screen and means for converting the slurry to a gravel pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Mohan K. R. Panga, Jean-Phi Bedel, Yiyan Chen
  • Publication number: 20130324443
    Abstract: A salt-tolerant, thermally-stable rheology modifier and, in particular, a rheology modifier for applications in oil-field well-bore fluids. In accordance with one aspect, the rheology modifier comprises a terpolymer of acrylamide, 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS) and a long-chain alkyl acrylate wherein the terpolymer is prepared by dispersion polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: ISP Investments Inc.
    Inventors: Janice Jianzhao Wang, Jun Zheng, David Farrar, OSama M. Musa
  • Publication number: 20130319667
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a degradable latex comprising a stable dispersion of macromolecules in a liquid medium, wherein the macromolecules comprise a primary moiety comprising a plurality of functional groups, and a plurality of secondary moiety each chemically bonded through a labile linkage to the functional groups of the primary moiety, wherein at least a portion of residues of the secondary moiety are dispersible in the liquid medium. Methods of making and degrading the degradable latex, treating a formation and a treatment fluid are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yiyan Chen
  • Publication number: 20130310284
    Abstract: Methods of stabilizing water-sensitive clays in subterranean formations may include introducing a drill-in treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation comprising water-sensitive minerals, where providing the drill-in treatment fluid comprises an aqueous-based fluid and a hydrophobically-modified cationic polymer; and allowing the hydrophobically-modified cationic polymer to at least partially coat the water-sensitive mineral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmie D. Weaver, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8575073
    Abstract: A treatment fluid for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore is formed from water, a polyacrylamide in an amount of less than about 0.5% by weight of the fluid for reducing friction of the fluid and a stabilized peroxide breaker. A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore is carried out by forming treatment fluid comprising water, a polyacrylamide in an amount of less than about 0.5% by weight of the fluid for reducing friction of the fluid and a stabilized peroxide breaker. The treatment fluid is introduced into the formation through the wellbore at a pressure above the fracture pressure of the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Syed Ali, Leiming Li, Lijun Lin, Paul R. Howard, Curtis L. Boney, Carlos Abad
  • Patent number: 8567494
    Abstract: Well operating elements are described, one embodiment comprising a first component that is substantially non-dissolvable when exposed to a selected wellbore environment and a second component that is soluble in the selected wellbore environment and whose rate and/or location of dissolution is at least partially controlled by structure of the first component. A second embodiment includes the component that is soluble in the selected wellbore environment, and one or more exposure holes or passages in the soluble component to control its solubility. The second embodiment may or may not include a substantially non-dissolvable component. Methods of using the well operating elements in oilfield operations are also described. This abstract allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure. It will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Gary L. Rytlewski, Ashish Sharma
  • Publication number: 20130277055
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the assisted recovery of petroleum in a deposit by means of the introduction of an aqueous solution of a hydrosoluble polymer into the deposit, said method being characterised in that said aqueous solution is prepared by dissolving a polymer-based composition containing at least one hydrosoluble polymer, at least one radical capturing agent, and at least one sacrificial agent, in an aqueous solution subjected to a step of treatment with at least one deoxygenating agent, prior to the introduction of the polymer-based composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: S.P.C.M. SA
    Inventor: Cedrick Favero
  • Publication number: 20130192826
    Abstract: A composition comprising crosslinked expandable polymeric microparticles capable of hydrolysis at or below neutral pH and a method of modifying the permeability to water of a subterranean formation by introducing such compositions into the subterranean formation is disclosed and claimed. This invention further relates to compositions and methods for the recovery of hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir or formation subjected to CO2 or CO2 Water Alternating Gas flooding at low pH and increases the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the subterranean formations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Pious Kurian, Mingli Wei, Kin-Tai Chang