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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341102 | Flue gas injection for heavy oil recovery A variety of methods for thermal recovery of natural gas and bitumen from a formation containing the latter. In general, the methods incorporate a series of existing, but previously uncombined technologies. A modified flue gas from the steam generators conventionall... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7279017 | Method for converting heavy oil residuum to a useful fuel A method for enabling the use of heavy oil residuum by conversion to a useful product. The method, in one embodiment, involves the use of a heavy oil residuum which is substantially non flowable. The viscosity of the residuum is reduced by heat or a combination of h... | 10/09/2007 |
| 6955638 | Process for disposing of solvent-containing liquids A process for disposing of solvent-containing liquids so that they do not contaminate ground water. An absorbent blend is mixed into a water-containing solvent mixture at the rate of about 1 lb. of blend per gallon of liquid. The blend is made up of a swellable poly... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6942744 | Emulsion explosive An emulsion explosive composition is especially suited to being pneumatically loaded into a blasthole. The emulsion explosive composition includes a base emulsion phase which has a continuous fuel phase and a discontinuous oxidiser phase, wherein the viscosity of th... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6384170 | Hydroxyl-containing ethylene copolymers and fuel oils having an improved lubricating action The invention relates to copolymers of ethylene and at least one further olefinically unsaturated comonomer containing one or more hydroxyl groups. The invention furthermore relates to fuel oils comprising middle distillates containing a maximum of 0.5% b... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5773706 | Gelled organic liquids Organic liquids can be very effectively gelled by using in combination with an amine neutralized anionic polymer an auxiliary rheological additive. The auxiliary rheological additive is a substance which increases the linearity of the anionic polymer and ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5744694 | Gelled compositions containing organic liquids Thickened or gelled compositions comprising an organic liquid, a crosslinked copolymer of an acrylic acid, a vinyl ester of trialkylacetic acids with highly branched structure containing up to 10 carbon atoms, a neutralizing base and, optionally, water ar... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5641890 | Gelled organic liquids Organic liquids can be very effectively gelled by using in combination with an amine neutralized anionic polymer an auxiliary rheological additive. The auxiliary rheological additive is a substance which increases the linearity of the anionic polymer and ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5401341 | Cross-linked emulsion explosive composition This invention relates to water-in-oil emulsion explosives in which an oxidizing material is contained in the discontinuous water phase, and the continuous oil phase acts as a carbonaceous fuel. More particularly, this invention relates to such explosives... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5244475 | Rheology controlled emulsion An emulsion composition with a polymerizing and/or crosslinking agent and method for its use in improving the manufacturing, packaging, transporting, storage placement and blasting characteristics of explosives containing an emulsion. More specifically, c... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5221534 | Health and beauty aid compositions Health and beauty aid compositions comprise one or more health and beauty aid components contained in a gel comprising a mineral oil containing from blends of di- and triblock copolymers based on synthetic thermoplastic rubbers.... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5132355 | Gels of polyethylene block copolymers and liquid hydrocarbons Liquid hydrocarbons are gelled by polyethylene block copolymers (PEBC's) to yield storage stable gels and sols that contain no metal-containing gelling agents and which compositions are thermally reversible; i.e., they melt into homogeneous liquids upon h... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4715865 | Method for controlling viscosity of organic liquids and compositions A method of viscosifying an organic liquid which comprises adding a sufficient quantity of a hydrolyzed Ziegler Natta-ester containing copolymer having a molecular weight of about 100,000 to about 10,000,000 to said organic liquid to increase the viscosit... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4692168 | Flammable barrier wrap for solid fuel/firestarter composition A novel package for a solid or gelled heating fuel comprises a flammable plastic film wrapped around the shaped fuel. Preferably, the plastic film is nonporous to prevent sublimation of the fuel.... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4621111 | Acid base interacting polymer solutions A process for increasing the viscosity of a hydrocarbon liquid having a viscosity of at least about 10 cP which includes the steps of: (a) forming a first solution of an organic hydrocarbon liquid and a hydrolyzed Ziegler-Natta ester containing copolymer of an... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4369284 | Thermoplastic elastomer gelatinous compositions A novel gelatinous composition is disclosed which contains an intimate melt blend admixture of poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) triblock copolymer having said styrene end block to ethylene and butylene center block ratio within the range of from be... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4156594 | Thixotropic gel fuels A thixotropic gel fuel composition capable of being used in standard type oil burners comprising about 5 to about 75 volume percent of a solid carboniferous combustible material suspended in a liquid fuel and about 1 to about 10 weight percent of a substa... | 05/29/1979 |
| 3960514 | Synergistic organic solvent gellant This disclosure covers a lipophilic polymeric carbohydrate derivative organic solvent gellant with a D.S. of about 2 to about 3 in combination with a synergistic additive which greatly increases the viscosity of the hydrocarbon solvent gel. This synergist... | 06/01/1976 |
