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Earth boring, well treating, and oil field chemistry November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/10

20100298173 - Bitumen anti-accretion additive: Anti-accretion additives utilize silicone chemistry to prevent bituminous and heavy oil materials from sticking to metals surfaces such as drill bits, drillstring, casing and the like. Organopolysiloxanes and/or copolymers thereof are added directly to an aqueous drilling fluid or are first diluted in a solvent for adding to the drilling... Agent: Sean W. Goodwin

20100298174 - Chemical treatment of cuttings for re-injection into subterranean formations: A method of slurrifying drill cuttings that includes admixing oil-contaminated drill cuttings, water, and at least one surface active agent; emulsifying at least a portion of the oil contaminants within the mixture; and forming a pourable slurry of drill cuttings in water is disclosed.... Agent: Osha Liang/mi

20100298175 - Lost circulation material for oilfield use: A composition for reducing lost circulation in a well, while drilling the well with a drilling mud, which is composed of a base fluid, a mixture of particles, and a blend of fibers. The composition is used by stopping drilling with the mud, injecting a spacer, injecting the water-based composition,... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20100298176 - Lubricant additives for drilling fluids: c

20100298177 - Methods for treating a well using a treatment fluid containing a water-soluble polysaccharide, a water-soluble salt, and urea: Methods are provided for treating a portion of a well and include the steps of: (a) forming a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous solution, wherein the aqueous solution comprises: (i) water; (ii) a water-soluble polysaccharide; (iii) one or more water-soluble salts, wherein the one or more salts are selected and... Agent: Robert A. Kent

20100292106 - Methods of minimizing sulfate scale in oil field: Methods of controlling barium sulfate scale in oil field applications are disclosed. These methods involve the application of one or more carboxylated oligomers to an aqueous system in the oil field. Carboxylated oligomers include polymaleic acid and polyethercarboxylates. Additionally, methods of neutralizing polymaleic acid and use of this neutralized product... Agent: Akzo Nobel Inc.

20100292107 - Spotting fluids containing syrups: A spotting fluid is provided and the spotting fluid consists essentially of: syrup, syrup solids and a liquid medium, said syrup and syrup solids are derived from a group consisting essentially of agave syrup, barley syrup, sugar syrup, beets syrup, birch syrup, rice syrup, cane syrup, chocolate syrup, coconut syrup,... Agent: Dan M. Delarosa, Esq.

20100292108 - Aggregating compositions, modified particulate metal-oxides, modified formation surfaces, and methods for making and using same: A method for treating solid materials is disclosed, where the treating compositions coats surfaces or portions of surfaces of the solid materials changing an aggregation or agglomeration propensity of the materials. Treating composition and treated solid materials are also disclosed. The methods and treated materials are ideally suited for oil... Agent: Robert W. Strozier, PLLC

20100292109 - Swellable polymers with hydrophobic groups: The invention is directed to crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers, methods for making same and their various uses. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric particles being made with 0.1-5% hydrophobic monomers and labile crosslinkers and stable crosslinkers, said particles mixed with a fluid. A particularly important... Agent: Cp / Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20100292110 - Use of fluorocarbon surfactants to improve the productivity of gas and gas condensate wells: The present invention includes composition having a nonionic, fluorinated polymeric surfactant, water and solvent. Embodiments of compositions according to the present invention are useful, for example, for recovering hydrocarbons from subterranean clastic formations.... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20100285998 - Polyamide beads and method for the production thereof: Certain polyamide beads or granules are useful as a sustaining material for underground natural or artificial cracks of the earth's crust essentially employed for the extraction of hydrocarbons such as crude oil or natural gas; such polyamide beads have a spherical or ellipsoidal shape and have a surface free of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100285999 - Treatment fluids for reduction of water blocks, oil blocks, and/or gas condensates and associated methods: The present invention provides treatment fluids useful for subterranean operations, and more particularly, in at least one aspect, a treatment fluid that comprises a carrier fluid and a cationic surfactant comprising a cationic head group, a polar group attached to the head group, and a hydrophobic group that is either... Agent: Robert A. Kent

20100286000 - Nano-sized particle-coated proppants for formation fines fixation in proppant packs: A fracturing fluid, gravel pack fluid and/or frac pack fluid containing particles such as proppants, gravel and/.or sand, may contain an effective amount of a nano-sized particulate additive to fixate or reduce fines migration, where the particulate additive is an alkaline earth metal oxide, alkaline earth metal hydroxide, alkali metal... Agent: Mossman, Kumar And Tyler, PC