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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353870 | Methods of using settable compositions comprising cement kiln dust and additive(s) The present invention provides settable compositions that comprise water and cement kiln dust. The settable compositions optionally may comprise an additive that comprises at least one of the following group: fly ash; shale; slag cement; zeolite; metakaolin; and com... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338923 | Settable drilling fluids comprising cement kiln dust Settable drilling fluids that comprise an aqueous-based drilling fluid and cement kiln dust. Methods of cementing in a subterranean formation that comprise providing a settable drilling fluid comprising an aqueous-based drilling fluid and cement kiln dust, introduci... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335252 | Lightweight settable compositions comprising cement kiln dust Settable compositions that comprise water, CKD, and microspheres, wherein the lightweight settable composition has a density less than about 13 pounds per gallon. Methods of cementing that comprise providing a lightweight settable composition having a density less t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7133778 | Methods for selecting a cementing composition for use A method is provided for selecting a cementing composition for sealing a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore. The method involves determining a group of effective cementing compositions from a group of cementing compositions given estimated conditions experi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7084095 | Methods for controlling the rheological properties of viscoelastic surfactants based fluids It was found that the addition of polymers to viscoelastic surfactant base system allows to adjust the rheological properties of the base fluid. Depending in particular on one side of the ratio of the concentration of added polymer and the concentration of viscoelas... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7056868 | Hydrophobe associative polymers and compositions and methods employing them Water soluble associative polymers and compositions comprising them together with alkali metal salts of carboxylic acid are disclosed. Methods comprise introducing into a wellbore a fluid comprising such associative polymers and alkali metal salts of carboxylic acid... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6994846 | Composition for cosmetic or dermatological use containing a triblock polymer The present patent application relates to a cosmetic and/or dermatological composition comprising at least one aqueous phase including at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer, of triblock structure B-A-B in which A is an ionic water-soluble polymer b... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6908888 | Viscosity reduction of viscoelastic surfactant based fluids Methods and compositions are disclosed for controlled addition of components that decrease the viscosity of the viscoelastic surfactant fluids or for controlled changes in the electrolyte concentration or composition of the viscoelastic surfactant fluids. One aspect... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6852676 | Well completion foamed spacer fluids and methods Well completion foamed spacer fluids and methods of using the foamed spacer fluids are provided. A method of the invention for displacing a first fluid from a well bore with an incompatible second fluid comprises the following steps. A foamed spacer fluid is placed ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6607035 | Preventing flow through subterranean zones The present invention provides methods of preventing the flow of water or gas or both through a subterranean zone having a high temperature and a depth such that a long pumping time is required to place a sealing composition therein. The methods basically... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6586371 | Liquid compositions which reversibly viscosify or gel under the effect of shear The present invention provides a water-based fluid, in particular for drilling, completion or for any other intervention in a well such as a hydrocarbon well, in which the viscosity is controlled by a system constituted by precipitated silica nanoparticle... | 07/01/2003 |
| 5948735 | Use of breaker chemicals in gelled hydrocarbons Oil degradable encapsulated breaker particles are used in fracturing operations to break hydro-carbon liquid gelled with salts of alkyl phosphate esters. The preferred breaker chemical is particulate urea coated with sulfonated EPDM.... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5874387 | Method and cement-drilling fluid cement composition for cementing a wellbore A method and a drilling fluid/cement slurry composition for cementing a wellbore. The drilling fluid/cement slurry composition comprises A cement slurry composition comprising: a) a cementitious material; b) a drilling fluid; and c) a dispersant selected from ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5866517 | Method and spacer fluid composition for displacing drilling fluid from a wellbore Spacer fluids comprising a dispersant selected from the group consisting of water soluble polymers comprising allyloxybenzene sulfonate or allyloxybenzene phosphonate polymerized with at least one of acrylic acid, acrylamides, alkyl acrylamides, maleic an... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5849674 | Compositions and processes for oil field applications A composition and a process for treating a subterranean formation are disclosed. The process comprises injecting into the subterranean formation a composition which comprises a polymer, a crosslinking agent, a liquid, optionally a clay, and further option... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5789352 | Well completion spacer fluids and methods A well completion spacer fluid is provided which is particularly suitable for separating a cement slurry from drilling fluid in primary cementing operations. The well completion spacer fluid is also useful for separating other potentially incompatible flu... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5654261 | Permeability modifying composition for use in oil recovery A method and use for a dry composition comprising a mixture of water-soluble polymer and an aluminum citrate preparation is disclosed. The polymer is capable of cross-linking in the presence of water and aluminum ions. Any water-soluble polymer known to t... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5458197 | Well cleanout system and method Oil or water based drilling muds, together with other wellbore contaminants such as pipe thread sealants and lubricants are displaced from the well and the wellbore surfaces are cleaned by a system of four serially pumped fluid pills. The first stage flui... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5407909 | Earth support fluid composition and method for its use This invention relates to a method for preparing and earth stabilization fluid, a method for using such an earth stabilization fluid and to the earth stabilization fluid itself. This invention uses a continuous phase that has been added to a borehole and ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5399269 | Gelation of water soluble polymers A gelable composition and process are disclosed that delay the gelation and increase the gel strength of gelled water soluble acrylamide-containing polymers contains: (1) a water dispersible first crosslinking compound selected from the group consisting o... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5374361 | Well cleanout using caustic alkyl polyglycoside compositions Oil and gas wells and injection wells are cleaned of oil-based drilling muds, pipe thread compounds, other oil contaminants, cement and contaminants in injection water by a composition comprising fresh water or seawater, one-half to ten percent concentrat... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5292367 | Dispersant compositions for subterranean well drilling and completion A dispersant for spacer fluids, cement slurries, completion fluids and mixtures of drilling fluids and cement slurries used for drilling and cementing subterranean wells.... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5113943 | Spacer fluids Spacer fluids providing an effective buffer between drilling fluids and cement slurries during well completion. The spacer fluids comprise a sulfonated styrene copolymer dispersant and one or more additional components such as surfactants, viscosifiers an... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5089150 | Method of increasing retention of scale inhibitors in subterranean formations A novel method of injecting or squeezing a cross-linked scale inhibitor down a well into a subterranean formation which significantly lengthens its effective life is accomplished by cross-linking a carboxylic acid-containing polymeric or organophosphorus-... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5030366 | Spacer fluids Spacer fluids providing an effective buffer between drilling fluids and cement slurries during well completion. The spacer fluids comprise a sulfonated styrene copolymer dispersant and one or more additional components such as surfactants, viscosifiers an... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4947934 | Method of increasing retention of scale inhibitor in subterranean formations A method for inhibiting the formation of scale in a well penetrating a subterranean formation for the production of fluids from the formation comprising injecting into the formation an acidic aqueous solution having a pH effective to form a water-soluble ... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4888120 | Water-based drilling and well-servicing fluids with swellable, synthetic layer silicates Synthetic swellable layer silicates corresponding to the following formula MgO.aMA.bAl2 O3.cSiO.sub.2.nH.sub.2 O (I) in which M is Na+ and Li+ having an Na:Li ratio of at least 1; A is F-, OH- ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4826611 | Well drilling and completion composition A well drilling and completion fluid having a potassium salt of a copolymer of (a) acrylic acid, or an -substituted acrylic acid and (b) acrylate ester having the general formula CH2 .dbd.CH--COOR where R is an alkyl or hydroxalkyl havin... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4776398 | Oil reservoir permeability control The permeability of a subterranean oil-bearing formation is controlled by the injection of an aqueous solution of a cross-linked block copolymer containing polar and non-polar segments, with the polar segments generally making up at least 50 percent, usua... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4739834 | Controlled hydraulic fracturing via nonaqueous solutions containing low charge density polyampholytes A process for fracturing a subterranean formation surrounding a gas or oil well which comprises: (a) injecting into said subterranean formation under hydraulic pressure a fluid comprising a solution of terpolymer dissolved in a solvent system, said solven... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4715971 | Well drilling and completion composition A well drilling and completion fluid having a potassium salt of a copolymer of (a) acrylic acid, or an -substituted acrylic acid and (b) acrylate ester having the general formula CH2 .dbd.CH--COOR where R is an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl havi... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4627926 | Thermally stable borehole fluids A method of completing a subterranean formation of an oil or gas well to increase the recovery of hydrocarbons from the producing reservoir which comprises dissolving about 0.25 to about 20 lb/bbl of a water soluble terpolymer in an aqueous solution to vi... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4574885 | Agents for petroleum recovery processes Polyfunctional anionic polymers are useful for inhibiting the adsorption of surfactants and organic polymers in formations such as clay-containing oil reservoirs or clay-containing oil reservoirs which have previously been treated with polyfunctional cati... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4552217 | Microbiocidal anionic sequesterants with polyvalent metal cations for permeability correction process A water permeability correction process, and composition therefor, to improve the sweep efficiency of waterflooding which involves the sequential injection of (1) an optical aqueous preflush slug to adjust connate water salinity, (2) an aqueous sequestere... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4508629 | Method of viscosifying aqueous fluids and process for recovery of hydrocarbons from subterranean formations The present invention relates to a method of viscosifying aqueous fluids and a viscosifying composition which when admixed with an aqueous fluid produces a viscosity increase in the fluid in excess of the additive viscosity of the individual composition c... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4505827 | Triblock polymers of the BAB type having hydrophobic association capabilities for rheological control in aqueous systems The rheology of aqueous liquids is effectively controlled by the addition to the liquid of a water-dispersible BAB triblock polymer wherein the B blocks are hydrophobic blocks such as alkyl or sulfonated poly(t-butylstyrene) and the A block is a hydrophil... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4503170 | Shear thickening fluid The instant invention is directed to shear thickening fluids to prevent unwanted flow in wells penetrating subterranean formations. The shear thickening fluids comprise (1) a water swellable granular clay present in sufficient quantity so that, upon inter... | 03/05/1985 |
| 3984333 | Oil-displacing aqueous solution thickened with reservoir-tailored block copolymer An oil recovery process in which an aqueous solution is injected into a subterranean reservoir to displace oil through the reservoir is improved by thickening the solution with a substantially linear block copolymer containing both water-soluble and water... | 10/05/1976 |