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Earth boring, well treating, and oil field chemistry September class, title,number 09/09

20090239771 - Swelling inhibitors for clays and shales: Method for inhibiting the hydration of clays and shales during drilling operations comprising the use of a water base drilling fluid, which contains from 0.2 to 5% by weight of the condensation product of a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 10 carbon atoms with alkanolamines, diamines or polyalkyleneamines of formula... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan & Sriram, PC

20090233817 - Methods for testing the effect of polymer additives on wax deposition from crude oils and reducing wax deposition from crude oil during pipeline transmission: Compositions and methods for reducing wax deposition from a crude petroleum during transmission of the crude petroleum through a pipeline are provided. Compositions and methods of testing the deposition of wax from a petroleum sample are also provided.... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20090233818 - Hydrolytically and hydrothermally stable consolidation or change in the wetting behavior of geological formations: A process for a consolidation which is hydrolytically stable under hydrothermal conditions and/or for changing the wetting behavior of a porous and/or particulate geological formation. The process comprises introducing into the geological formation a consolidant and curing the introduced consolidant under elevated pressure and elevated temperature. The consolidant comprises a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090233819 - Method of treating sandstone formations with reduced precipitation of silica: A method of treating a sandstone-containing formation penetrated by a wellbore is carried out by forming a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous fluid containing a hydrogen fluoride source and an amorphous silica precipitation inhibitor. The treatment fluid is introduced into the formation through the wellbore at a pressure below the... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate

20090227477 - Reclamation of components of wellbore cuttings material: A screen assembly for a shale shaker comprising a panel (500) and a support structure (600), the panel (500) having an area provided with a multiplicity of apertures and at least one layer of screening material arranged over the multiplicity of apertures, wherein said panel (500) is removable from said... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090227478 - Equivalent circulating density control in deep water drilling: A method of providing a substantially constant rheological profile of a drilling fluid over a temperature range of about 120° F. to about 40° F. includes adding a drilling fluid additive to the drilling fluid, wherein the drilling fluid additive includes the reaction product of a carboxylic acid with at... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090227479 - Zirconium-based cross-linking composition for use with high ph polymer solutions: A cross-linking composition comprising (a) an aqueous liquid; (b) a pH buffer; (c) a cross-linkable organic polymer; and (d) a solution of a zirconium cross-linking agent comprising the product of contacting a zirconium complex with an alkanolamine and ethylene glycol wherein the mole ratio of alkanolamine to zirconium is 2:1... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090227480 - Angular abrasive proppant, process for the preparation thereof and process for hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells: An angular abrasive proppant comprises angular sintered particles of a material selected from bauxite, clay-minerals, and mixtures thereof, with particle sizes varying from 30 mesh to 150 mesh. A process for the production of an angular abrasive proppant comprising sintered particles of a material selected from bauxite, clay-minerals, and mixtures... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090221451 - Composition and method for producing a pumpable hydrocarbon hydrate slurry at high water-cut: Embodiments of the invention relate to a process for providing a pumpable hydrate slurry in a hydrocarbon pipeline fluid mixture having a water-cut greater than about 50 volume percent. In one or more embodiments the process comprises treating the fluid mixture with an anti-agglomerant and adding water to the fluid... Agent: Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company

20090221452 - Lost circulation material formulation and method of use: A lost circulation material and method for well treatment employing the material that is effective at sealing or plugging small fissures and large fractures and has utility over a wide range of temperatures, including high temperatures. The material has an optimized bimodal particle distribution and optionally has a polymer flocculent... Agent: Karen B. Tripp, Attorney At Law

20090221453 - Treatment fluid with oxidizer breaker system and method: A treatment fluid composition for treating a subterranean formation is formed from an aqueous fluid, a hydratable polymer and a polymer breaking system. The polymer breaking system includes an oxidizing breaking agent and an activator capable of providing a bisulfite ion source. A method of treating a subterranean formation may... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate

20090221454 - Methods of using reactive surfactants in subterranean operations: Novel uses of reactive surfactants in treating subterranean formations and/or proppant particulates are provided. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a surfactant-treated proppant particulate comprising a proppant particulate that comprises at least one surface that has been allowed to interact with a reactive surfactant.... Agent: Robert A. Kent

20090221455 - Methods and compositions for protecting steels in acidic solutions: An acid treatment composition is provided including a corrosion inhibitor and an optional corrosion inhibitor intensifier in an acidic solution. More specifically, the composition includes a propargylalcohol alkoxylated compound. Methods for treating wells with these acid treatment compositions are also provided that help control corrosion of the steel used in... Agent: Howrey LLP

20090221456 - Microemulsion cleaning composition: A cleaning composition including which comprises a surfactant and a propionate as co-surfactant and/or co-solvent. The composition can be used, for example, to clean drilling mud containing oils.... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group