Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7429620 | Surfactant package for well treatment and method using same A surfactant blend for servicing wells includes a first non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of between about 10 and about 15; a second non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of between about 2 and about 6; and an anioni... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7163056 | Esterquat acidic subterranean treatment fluids and methods of using esterquats acidic subterranean treatment fluids The present invention relates to acidic treatment fluids that comprise an acid fluid and an ester-containing quaternary ammonium compound (“esterquat”) and methods of their use. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of inhibiting metal corros... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6951249 | Foamed cement slurries, additives and methods The present invention relates to foamed cement slurries, additives and methods. A foamed cement slurry of the invention comprises a hydraulic cement, sufficient water to form a slurry, sufficient gas to form a foam and an environmentally benign foaming and stabilizi... | 10/04/2005 |
| 5573725 | Corrosion inhibition system featuring the reaction product of a polythioether polyol and fatty acid A series of water-dispersible and oil-dispersible corrosion inhibiting solutions are disclosed which comprise about 10 ppm by volume to about 5% by volume of an acid catalyzed condensation reaction product of a fatty acid and a polythioether polyol repres... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5252289 | Water soluble 1,2-dithio-3-thiones Water-soluble 1,2-dithiole-3-thione derivatives are prepared by reacting a polyoxyalkylated starting material with sulfur. These derivatives are useful as corrosion inhibitors, particularly in aqueous environments.... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5186848 | Preparing sulfur solvent compositions comprising treating a sulfide and polyalkyleneoxyamine or polyalkyleneoxypolyamine mixture with an alkylamine or alkanolamine A process is disclosed for preparing a composition having improved solvent power for sulfur wherein a composition comprising a sulfide having the general formula RSSaSR' wherein R and R' are defined carbon-containing radicals and a is 0 to 3, and a cataly... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4944346 | Ether sulfoxide compounds for enhanced oil recovery A process for recovering crude oil from a subterranean formation comprising injecting into the formation a liquid composition consisting essentially of a specific surfactant in an aqueous medium, driving the liquid composition through said formation to di... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4819729 | Method for recovering petroleum using oligomeric surfactants A method for recovering petroleum from a subterranean, petroleum-containing formation. It includes injecting into said formation a formulation comprising an oligomeric surfactant wherein said oligomeric surfactant has the following formula: wherein R is a... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4442014 | Use of esters of sulfonic acids as anti-sludge agents during the acidizing of formations containing sludging crude oils An anti-sludge agent useful for acid stimulated hydrocarbon containing formations is an ester of sulfonic acid, e.g. monoethoxylated dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid, preferably used in combination with from 0.1 to 2 parts by weight of a surfactant.... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4360061 | Oil recovery process using polymer microemulsion complexes A process for the enhanced recovery of oil from a subterranean formation using a polymer-microemulsion complex is disclosed. The polymer is polyethylene oxide or polyvinyl pyrrolidone and interacts with the surfactant of the microemulsion to form a physic... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4319636 | Surfactant waterflood oil recovery process Disclosed is a surfactant waterflooding oil recovery process for use in high salinity water-containing formations employing two separate surfactant-containing slugs or a single slug in which the composition is changed from the first to the last portion of... | 03/16/1982 |
