Earth boring, well treating, and oil field chemistry inventions 11/07

20070275861 - Methods of using settable compositions in a subterranean formation: Methods are provided that include a method comprising providing magnesium oxide; placing the magnesium oxide within a portion of a subterranean formation; contacting the magnesium oxide with a brine that comprises water and a divalent salt; and allowing the magnesium oxide and brine to react to form a hardened mass... Agent: Craig Roddy Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

20070275862 - Oxidized guar for oilfield servicing fluids: An oilfield servicing fluid composition containing an aldehyde guar produced by enzymatic oxidation of a non-derivatized, straight guar or of a guar derivative. The enzyme used to oxidize the guar to the aldehyde guar is galactose oxidase, which may be combined with catalase or catalase and peroxidase. The aldehyde guar... Agent: Hercules Incorporated Hercules Plaza

20070270315 - Internal-olefin composition and base oil comprising the composition for oil drilling: The present invention provides an internal olefin composition comprising a mixture of 60 to 80% by mass of an olefin having 16 carbon atoms and 40 to 20% by mass of an olefin having 18 carbon atoms wherein a content of an α-olefin in the mixture is 10% by mass... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070270316 - Aqueous alcohol well treatment fluid and method of using the same: An aqueous alcohol-containing well treatment fluid containing a polysaccharide derivative as gelling agent, optionally crosslinked, is capable of being degraded at elevated temperatures by the presence of an enzyme and an organic acid ester. The well treatment fluid has particular applicability in the treatment of low pressure gas producing wells.... Agent: Jones & Smith , LLP

20070265171 - Compositions for treating a well penetrating a subterranean formation and uses thereof: Fluid producing or injecting wells may be treated with a water-in-oil emulsion for the removal or inhibition of unwanted particulates, including pipe dope, asphaltenes and paraffins. In addition, such emulsions are effective in the displacement of oil base drilling muds and/or residues from such muds from wells. The emulsion may... Agent: Jones & Smith, LLP

20070265172 - Wellbore servicing fluids comprising grafted homopolymers and methods of using same: A non-aqueous wellbore servicing fluid comprising an alpha-olefin homopolymer grafted with a polar monomer.... Agent: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

20070265173 - Manufactrue of portland cement using claus catalyst: Spent Claus catalyst having a high alumina content is used as an ingredient in the manufacture of Portland cements in place of all or a portion of a conventional source of alumina. The spent Claus catalyst is preferably of a small particle size and can be ground to the desired... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070259790 - Metallic soaps of modified fatty acids and rosin acids and methods of making and using same: A superior powder form of a metallic soap for enhancing the properties of an invert emulsion drilling fluid may be prepared by a dry process saponification reaction. The process includes mixing a source of metal cations with the product of a Diels-Alder reaction of dienophiles with fatty acids and/or resin... Agent: Karen B. Tripp, Attorney At Law

20070259791 - Thermal insulation compositions containing organic solvent and gelling agent and methods of using the same: A thermal insulating packer fluid contains an organic solvent of low thermal conductivity and a gelling agent which is hydratable in the solvent. The composition is capable of inhibiting unwanted heat loss from production tubing or uncontrolled heat transfer to outer annuli. The viscosity of the composition is sufficient to... Agent: Jones & Smith , LLP

20070254814 - Well treatment: This invention provides a method of controlling water in a subterranean formation, said method comprising contacting said formation with a water control treatment agent which comprises an organosilane in an amount effective to reduce the water permeability of at least part of said formation. At the same time, any decrease... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070254815 - Compositions and methods for delivering an organic solvent to a downhole portion of a wellbore or to a portion of a pipeline: A composition is provided for delivering an organic solvent to a downhole portion of a wellbore for the production of hydrocarbon or to a portion of a pipeline for the transmission of hydrocarbon. The composition comprises: (A) water; (B) a weighting agent; (C) an organic solvent that is immiscible with... Agent: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

20070254816 - Method for controlled placement of chemicals and composition useful for practicing same: Disclosed is a method for introducing additives into formation fluid from an oil and gas well in or moving through equipment and systems located downstream from the oil and gas well. The method is practiced using pellets having a density sufficient to suspend the pellet at an interface of two... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.