C09K 8/584 - Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids characterised by the use of specific surfactants
E21B 43/16 - Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
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NON-AQUEOUS DEFOAMER COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE TO CONTROL FOAMING OF NON-AQUEOUS FOAMS
The use of a composition for defoaming non-aqueous foams, the prevention of foam formation, and / or the deaeration of various feeds, wherein said nonaqueous foam comprises a non-aqueous phase and a gas, and wherein said composition comprises at least: i) a non-ionic surfactant, wherein said non-ionic surfactant has a molecular structure as shown in (I), R1-CH(R22mnn-H wherein R1is an alkyl group having from 5 to 16 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkyl group having from 5 to 16 carbon atoms, ΑΌ is an ethoxy (EO) or a propoxy (PO) group, A''O is an ethoxy (EO) or a propoxy (PO) group, m = 0 - 10, n = 20 - 150, and ii) a solvent.
The present invention is concerned with the use of polymeric additives in lubricant oil compositions, wherein the polymers comprise styrene and maleic acid dialkyl ester building blocks and increase the shear stability of the composition.
C10M 145/16 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds containing monomers having an unsaturated radical bound to a carboxyl radical, e.g. acrylate polycarboxylic
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INJECTION FLUIDS COMPRISING ALKOXYLATED ALCOHOLS AND THE USE OF SUCH FLUIDS IN OIL RECOVERY PROCESSES
C09K 8/584 - Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids characterised by the use of specific surfactants
C09K 8/594 - Compositions used in combination with injected gas
E21B 43/16 - Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
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ALKYL ALKOXYLATED CARBOXYLATE SALTS AS STEAM FOAM ADDITIVES FOR HEAVY OIL RECOVERY
Recovering heavy oil from a subterraneous formation penetrated by at least one injection well and one production well, by injecting into the injection well a mixture of steam and an alkyl alkoxylated carboxylate salt, increasing the apparent viscosity of the steam while at the same time lowering the steam mobility, and recovering oil from the subterranean formation.
C09K 8/584 - Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids characterised by the use of specific surfactants
C09K 8/592 - Compositions used in combination with generated heat, e.g. by steam injection
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ALKYL ALKOXYLATED CARBOXYLATE SALTS AS STEAM FOAM ADDITIVES FOR HEAVY OIL RECOVERY
Recovering heavy oil from a subterraneous formation penetrated by at least one injection well and one production well, by injecting into the injection well a mixture of steam and an alkyl alkoxylated carboxylate salt, increasing the apparent viscosity of the steam while at the same time lowering the steam mobility, and recovering oil from the subterranean formation.
C09K 8/584 - Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids characterised by the use of specific surfactants
C09K 8/592 - Compositions used in combination with generated heat, e.g. by steam injection
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
Goods & Services
(1) Chemicals used in industry, science, namely chemical additives for fertilizers and chemical additives used in the agriculture industry, chemicals used in agriculture, horticulture and forestry.
(2) Veterinary pharmaceutical preparations for udder care; all-purpose disinfectants; preparations for destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides.
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Compositions and methods for controlling paraffin and asphaltene problems in wells
A composition and method for controlling heavy hydrocarbons in down-hole environments and with associated equipment used in oil and gas well operations. The composition and method comprising an ether and optionally an ester, an alkoxylated alcohol or a hydrocarbon co-solvent. The compositions and methods are useful in controlling heavy hydrocarbons such as paraffins and asphaltenes by dissolving paraffins, suspending paraffins and asphaltenes and dissolving heavy oils, both down-hole and with associated equipment.
C09K 8/524 - Compositions for preventing, limiting or eliminating depositions, e.g. for cleaning organic depositions, e.g. paraffins or asphaltenes
E21B 37/06 - Methods or apparatus for cleaning boreholes or wells using chemical means for preventing or limiting the deposition of paraffins or like substances
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COMPOSITION COMPRISING 2-ALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS AND USE THEREOF AS ANTI-CORROSION ADDITIVE
The present invention concerns a composition comprising a 2-alkyl carboxylic acids salts and an oil component and optionally water as well as the use of 2-alkyl carboxylic acids salts as an anti-corrosion additive, in particular in aqueous metal working fluids.
The present invention is concerned with the use of polymeric additives for paraffin-containing fluids as pour point depressants and low temperature flow improvers, wherein the polymers comprise styrene and maleic acid dialkyl ester building blocks.
C08F 222/12 - Esters of phenols or saturated alcohols
C10M 145/16 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds containing monomers having an unsaturated radical bound to a carboxyl radical, e.g. acrylate polycarboxylic
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Alumina compositions and methods for producing same
A method of producing functionalized surface-modified alumina by adding an organic modifier comprising acrylic acid to alumina and drying the alumina to covalently bond the organic modifier to the surface of the alumina. The functionalized surface-modified alumina being uniformly dispersible in organic polymer to form single crystallites of functionalized surface-modified alumina in the polymer.
The present invention relates to a process for the oligomerisation of olefins, in particular ethylene, via coordinative chain transfer polymerisation (CCTP) and alkyl elimation reaction. A preferred embodiment of the invention relates to CCTP of olefins, in particular ethylene, with the use of guanidinato, amidinato or hydrocarbyl -2- pyridyl amine complexes of titanium, zirconium or lanthanides, a nickel or cobalt compound as chain displacement catalyst (CDC) and one or more chain shuttling agents (CSA) such as a main group metal alkyl.
B01J 31/12 - Catalysts comprising hydrides, coordination complexes or organic compounds containing organic compounds or metal hydrides containing organo-metallic compounds or metal hydrides
B01J 31/14 - Catalysts comprising hydrides, coordination complexes or organic compounds containing organic compounds or metal hydrides containing organo-metallic compounds or metal hydrides of aluminium or boron
B01J 31/18 - Catalysts comprising hydrides, coordination complexes or organic compounds containing coordination complexes containing nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic or antimony
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PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A ZIRCONIUM GUANIDINATO ALKYL COMPOUND AND A DI-μ-HALOGEN-BRIDGED BIS GUANIDINATO TETRAHALOGEN DI ZIRCONIUM COMPOUND
The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a zirconium guanidinato alkyl compound and a di-µ-halogen- bridged bis guanidinato tetrahalogen di zirconium compound. The zirconium guanidinato alkyl compound can be used as a catalyst for the oligomerisation of olefins, in particular ethylene, via coordinative chain transfer polymerisation (CCTP) and alkyl elimination reaction. The zirconium guanidinato alkyl compound is manufactured by a process comprising bringing together a di-µ-halogen-bridged bis guanidinato tetrahalogen di zirconium compound with a Grignard reagent. The di-µ-halogen-bridged bis guanidinato tetrahalogen di zirconium compound is manufactured by a process comprising bringing together a zirconium amido compound having the formula Zr (hal)3 (NR1R2) etherate and a carbodiimide compound having the formula (R3)xAr-N=C=N-Ar(R4)y.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
04 - Industrial oils and greases; lubricants; fuels
Goods & Services
(1) Hydrocarbons for use as solvents, process oils, chemical raw materials and base materials; hydrocarbon waxes and paraffins; chemical additives for latent heat storage, metalworking, industrial cleaning and drilling fluids; aliphatic hydrocarbons namely phase change materials.
A process for producing alumina, the process having a seeding phase and a precipitation phase. During the seeding phase a seed mixture is produced by adding an aluminium salt to an aqueous solution and then adding an alkaline metal aluminate to the mixture while maintaining the seed mixture at generally neutral pH. The precipitation phase produces precipitated alumina by simultaneously adding aluminium salt and alkaline metal aluminate to the seed mixture while maintaining a pH from 6.9 to 7.8. The recovered precipitated alumina has at least one, preferably all the following characteristics: i) a crystallite size of 33-42 Ang.: in the (120) diagonal plane (using XRD).; ii) a crystallite d-spacing (020) of between 6.30 - 6.59 Ang.; iii) a high porosity with an average pore diameter of 115-166 Ang.; iv) a relatively low bulk density of 250-350 kg/m3; v) a surface area after calcination for 24 hours at 1100º C of 60-80 m2/g; and vi) a pore volume after calcination for one hour at 1000ºC 0.8-1.1 m3/g.
A composition for use in various down-hole operations in oil and gas wells. The compositions can include various combinations of certain ethers and other components e.g., esters, alkoxylated alcohols, acidizing agents and hydrocarbon co-solvents. The compositions are useful in a wide variety of down-hole applications particularly well cleaning, filter cake removal and well stimulation techniques e.g., acidizing.
A composition for use in various down-hole operations in oil and gas wells. The compositions can include various combinations of certain ethers and other components e.g., esters, alkoxylated alcohols, acidizing agents and hydrocarbon co-solvents. The compositions are useful in a wide variety of down-hole applications particularly well cleaning, filter cake removal and well stimulation techniques e.g., acidizing.
C09K 8/524 - Compositions for preventing, limiting or eliminating depositions, e.g. for cleaning organic depositions, e.g. paraffins or asphaltenes
C09K 8/78 - Eroding chemicals, e.g. acids combined with additives added for specific purposes for preventing sealing
E21B 37/06 - Methods or apparatus for cleaning boreholes or wells using chemical means for preventing or limiting the deposition of paraffins or like substances
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COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PARAFFIN AND ASPHALTENE PROBLEMS IN WELLS
A composition and method for controlling heavy hydrocarbons in down- hole environments and with associated equipment used in oil and gas well operations. The composition and method comprising an ether and optionally an ester, an alkoxylated alcohol or a hydrocarbon co-solvent. The compositions and methods are useful in controlling heavy hydrocarbons such as paraffins and asphaltenes by dissolving paraffins, suspending paraffins and asphaltenes and dissolving heavy oils, both down-hole and with associated equipment.
wherein X is an organyl group having from 3 to 40 carbon atoms, n is 2, 3 or 4, y is 0 to 6, and z is 3-20, and an organophilic clay. The base liquid is an oleaginous liquid which is liquid at 25° C. and is substantially immiscible in water.
A base fluid for formulating wellbore fluids. The base fluid comprises a mixture of synthetic aliphatic hydrocarbons derived from a Fischer-Tropsch product stream and contains greater than 96% aliphatic hydrocarbons having a carbon number range of from C6 to C30. The percentage of homologues having a carbon number of C10 or less is less than about 3 wt %.
A method of producing functionalized surface-modified alumina by adding an organic modifier comprising acrylic acid to alumina and drying the alumina to covalently bond the organic modifier to the surface of the alumina. The functionalized surface- modified alumina being uniformly dispersible in organic polymer to form single crystallites of functionalized surface-modified alumina in the polymer.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
Goods & Services
(1) Chemicals, namely additives for oil field applications; oil field chemicals, namely chemicals for exploration and extraction of oil, including for secondary extraction and tertiary extraction; chemicals for oil extraction, namely surfactants, emulsifiers and wetting agents; chemicals for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), namely surfactants, emulsifiers and wetting agents.
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Process for the synthesis of magnesium aluminate spinels
Magnesium aluminate spinels are made by hydrothermally aging an aqueous slurry of a spinel precursor which can be (a) a mixture of boehmite alumina and a magnesium precursor, (b) an aluminum magnesium oxide or hydroxide, and (c) mixtures thereof. At least one of the aged slurries is dried to remove water and produce at least one dried spinel precursor. The dried spinel precursor is then calcined to produce the magnesium aluminate spinel.
C01F 7/16 - Preparation of alkaline-earth metal aluminates or magnesium aluminatesAluminium oxide or hydroxide therefrom
C04B 35/26 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their compositionCeramic compositionsProcessing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on oxides based on ferrites
A composition for viscosifying a nonaqueous base liquid. The composition has glycerin carbonate and optionally an alkoxylated alcohol having the formula: wherein R is a linear or branched alkyl from 2 to 18 carbon atoms, or an aromatic radical having the structure: where R1 is a branched or linear alkyl having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms R2 is H or CH3 R3 is H or CH3 a is from 0 to 12 and b is from 1 to 12. The base liquid having greater than 20% naphthenics and about 10% to about 35% isoparaffins.
A composition for viscosifying a nonaqueous base liquid. The composition has glycerin carbonate and optionally an alkoxylated alcohol having the formula: wherein R is a linear or branched alkyl from 2 to 18 carbon atoms, or an aromatic radical having the structure: where R1 is a branched or linear alkyl having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms R2 is H or CH3 R3 is H or CH3 a is from 0 to 12 and b is from 1 to 12. The base liquid having greater than 20% naphthenics and about 10% to about 35% isoparaffins.
A thixotropic agent comprised of a gel which is comprised of a polymeric organic material cross-linked with certain boehmite aluminas having a crystallite size of less than about 100 Å as measured on the 120 plane.
C09K 8/62 - Compositions for forming crevices or fractures
C09K 8/80 - Compositions for reinforcing fractures, e.g. compositions of proppants used to keep the fractures open
E21B 43/26 - Methods for stimulating production by forming crevices or fractures
C09K 8/68 - Compositions based on water or polar solvents containing organic compounds
C09K 8/03 - Specific additives for general use in well-drilling compositions
C09K 8/88 - Compositions based on water or polar solvents containing organic compounds macromolecular compounds
C09K 8/90 - Compositions based on water or polar solvents containing organic compounds macromolecular compounds of natural origin, e.g. polysaccharides, cellulose
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FREE-FLOWING DISPERSION CONTAINING PARTICULATE METAL OXIDES, METAL OXIDE HYDRATES AND/OR METAL HYDROXIDES, A DISPERSANT AND AN ORGANIC DISPERSION MEDIUM
The invention relates to a free-flowing dispersion containing at least one particulate metal oxide, metal oxide hydrate and/or metal hydroxide as a suspended solid, a dispersant and an organic, liquid dispersion medium. The invention also relates to the use of said dispersant.
C08F 2/26 - Emulsion polymerisation with the aid of emulsifying agents anionic
C07C 309/10 - Sulfonic acids having sulfo groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of an acyclic saturated carbon skeleton containing oxygen atoms bound to the carbon skeleton containing etherified hydroxy groups bound to the carbon skeleton with the oxygen atom of at least one of the etherified hydroxy groups further bound to an acyclic carbon atom
A composition for viscosifying a nonaqueous base liquid. The composition has an alkoxylated alcohol having the general formula : X-O-(CnH2nO)y-(C2H4O)z-H wherein X is an organyl group having from 3 to 40 carbon atoms, n is 2, 3 or 4, y is 0 to 6, and z is 3-20, and an organophilic clay. The base liquid is an oleaginous liquid which is liquid at 25°C and is substantially immiscible in water.
COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ALKOXYLATED AMINE COMPOUND AND A CARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND, USE THEREOF IN WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS AND PROCESS USING THE COMPOSITION AS OR AS PART OF A DRILLING FLUID
The object of the present invention is a composition comprising amine compound and carboxylic acid compounds, wherein at least the amine compounds are alkoxylated, use thereof as a drilling fluid, and a method for using the drilling fluid
A thixotropic agent comprised of a gel which is comprised of a polymeric organic material cross-linked with certain boehmite aluminas having a crystallite size of less than about 100 Å as measured on the 120 plane.
