SEARCH:      Monitor Keywords |  Custom RSS

Earth boring, well treating, and oil field chemistry March listing by industry category 03/11

20110077174 - Corrosion inhibitor intensifier compositions and associated methods: P

20110077175 - Sealant composition: A sealant composition for use in subterranean wells comprising an alkali metal silicate and a calcium containing inorganic compound wherein the particles of the calcium containing compound have a mean particle size that is submicron.... Agent:

20110077176 - Composition and method for making a proppant: The present invention relates to proppants which can be used to prop open subterranean formation fractions. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more proppants of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions are further disclosed. In addition, other uses for the proppants of the... Agent: Oxane Materials, Inc.

20110071056 - Degradable surfactants, including degradable gemini surfactants, and associated methods: Methods and compositions are provided that include degradable gemini surfactants including degradable gemini surfactants. Methods of use include subterranean operations, especially those involving the placement of resin systems, formation of emulsions (e.g., emulsified acids, emulsified fracturing fluids, drilling fluids, etc.), and in the formation of surfactant gelled fluids. Such treatments... Agent:

20110071057 - Method of manufacture and use of large hydrophobe ether sulfate surfactants in enhanced oil recovery (eor) applications: The present invention describes the method of making anionic ether sulfate surfactants by alkoxylation of a GA using PO and/or EO followed by a sulfation reaction. The GA of the present invention is made by a facile and inexpensive method that involves high temperature base catalyzed dimerization of a linear... Agent: Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System

20110071058 - Environmentally friendly composition for slickwater application: The invention provides an environmentally friendly composition including a friction reducer, a biocide, a scale inhibitor, and optionally a clay stabilizer.... Agent:

20110071059 - Foamers for downhole injection: The present invention relates to a method for introducing a foaming composition including an imidazoline-based compound to a fluid. The foaming composition comprises at least one quaternized compound having an imidazoline moiety. An example of the quaternized compound is a quaternized imidazoline.... Agent:

20110071060 - Foamers for downhole injection: This invention relates generally to novel foamer compositions for treatment of oil and gas wells to enhance production. The invention provides a method of foaming a fluid. The method includes introducing into the fluid a foam-forming amount of a composition comprising at least one long chain fatty acid and at... Agent:

20110065612 - Low interfacial tension surfactants for petroleum applications: The invention relates to a class of novel surfactants that have utility in the recovery and/or extraction of oil.... Agent:

20110065613 - Oil-based insulating packer fluid: A packer or annular fluid includes a hydrocarbon fluid; and a gelling agent; wherein the packer fluid is a yield power law fluid. A method for preparing a packer fluid includes preparing a mixture of a hydrocarbon fluid, and a gelling agent; heating the mixture to a selected temperature; and... Agent: M-i L.L.C.

20110065614 - Corrosion inhibitor for acid stimulation systems: wherein R1 is an alkyl or aromatic group, R2 is a hydrogen, alkyl or aromatic group, and R3 is a hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbons; and wherein the alkyl or aromatic groups of R1, R2, or R3 may further comprise a nitrogen, phosphorous, halogen... Agent: Baker Hughes Incorporated

20110059871 - Graphene compositions and drilling fluids derived therefrom: Drilling fluids comprising graphenes and nanoplatelet additives and methods for production thereof are disclosed. Graphene includes graphite oxide, graphene oxide, chemically-converted graphene, and functionalized chemically-converted graphene. Derivatized graphenes and methods for production thereof are disclosed. The derivatized graphenes are prepared from a chemically-converted graphene through derivatization with a plurality of... Agent: William Marsh Rice University

20110059872 - Compositions and methods for controlling the stability of ethersulfate surfactants at elevated temperatures: The present invention describes the method of making an ether sulfate surfactant solution hydrolytically stable by adding one or more alkalinity generating agents at levels greater than 0.05%. The surfactant solutions of the present invention have half-lives >8 months at 100° C. and find uses in EOR applications, environmental cleanups,... Agent: Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System

20110059873 - Process of using hard brine at high alkalinity for enhanced oil recovery (eor) applications: The present invention describes the use of EDTA and/or alkali treated hard brine at high pH for making ASP formulations for EOR applications.... Agent: Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System

20110053807 - Methods to control fluid loss in a well bore: The invention discloses a method of controlling fluid loss from a subterranean formation of a well bore. In a first aspect, the method is done by providing a treatment fluid made of an aqueous fluid and a hydrophobic polymer; and introducing the treatment fluid into the wellbore. In a second... Agent:

20110053809 - Degradable non-aqueous gel systems: A method of treating a formation that includes exposing a region of the formation occupied by a hydrolysable gel to a hydrolyzing agent; and allowing sufficient time for the hydrolyzing agent to hydrolyze the gel. Various methods may also include the use of a swelling agent to allow for expansion... Agent:

20110053808 - Suspension characteristics in invert emulsions: Among the methods provided is a method of drilling a subterranean well with an invert emulsion fluid comprising: providing an invert emulsion fluid formed by combining components that comprise: an oil-based continuous phase; an aqueous discontinuous phase; and a polar hydrophobic additive that comprises a polar hydrophobe, wherein the polar... Agent:

20110053810 - Fluorosurfactants and treatment fluids for reduction of water blocks, oil blocks, and/or gas condensates and associated methods: The present invention relates to fluids useful for subterranean operations, and more particularly, to fluorosurfactants useful for the reduction of water blocks, gas blocks, and/or gas condensates and their associated treatment fluids and methods. Provided is a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method may comprise contacting the subterranean... Agent:

20110053811 - Methods for preventing or remediating xanthan deposition: Methods for remediation and/or prevention of polymer deposition on surfaces, in particular, on surfaces of drilling machinery and earth formations in the petroleum industry are described herein. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method of remediating xanthan deposition, the method including the steps of contacting xanthan deposition, including xanthan complexed... Agent:

20110053812 - Polymeric additives for enhancement of treatment fluids comprising viscoelastic surfactants and methods of use: Polymeric additives used with viscoelastic surfactants, fluids comprising such additives and viscoelastic surfactants, and associated methods of use, are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises an aqueous base fluid, a viscoelastic surfactant, and an amphiphilic polymer, the amphiphilic polymer comprising a hydrophobic component,... Agent:

20110053813 - Methods to reduce settling rate of solids in a treatment fluid: The invention discloses a method of treating a subterranean formation of a well bore: providing a treatment fluid made of: a fluid; a particulate material, and a viscosifier material; wherein the viscosifier material is inactive in a first state and is able to increase viscosity of the treatment fluid when... Agent: