Sign up


Match Document Document Title
US20120018226 Method and biodegradable water based thinner composition for drilling subterranean boreholes with aqueous based drilling fluid  
An inhibitive water-based polymer mud system and method for using the system in drilling and in stabilizing wellbores is disclosed for use in water sensitive formations as an alternative to...
US20120055673 Method for dispersing aqueous based drilling fluid for drilling subterranean boreholes  
An inhibitive water-based polymer mud system and method for using the system in drilling and in stabilizing wellbores is disclosed for use in water sensitive formations as an alternative to...
US20120247763 BIOMASS-BASED OIL FIELD CHEMICALS  
Microbial biomass from oleaginous microbes provides a cost-efficient, biodegradable additive for use in well-related fluids. The biomass is useful as a fluid loss control agent, viscosity modifier,...
US20130143776 USE OF WAX-COATED SAND GRAINS FOR ELIMINATION OF OIL CONTAMINATION OR FOR SEALING OF WELLS  
The present invention provides for the use of discrete or agglomerated sand grains provided completely or partially with a coating consisting of wax as an oil binder for elimination of oil...
US20130092376 CEMENT OIL-BASED MUD SPACER FORMULATION  
A spacer fluid made of a viscosity thinner, a weighting agent, an antifoaming agent, and a non-ionic surfactant in a base aqueous fluid. In some instances, the viscosity thinner is a...
US20100311621 Methods and compositions for viscosifying heavy aqueous brines  
A method for viscosifying brine systems utilized in oilfield applications comprising: a) preparing a heavy brine system comprising obtaining an aqueous brine system comprising a hydrated...
US20120245062 USE OF HIGH RATIO AQUEOUS ALKALI SILICATES FOR PROFILE MODIFICATION, WATER CONTROL AND STABILIZATION  
Soluble silicates are commonly used to block and strengthen permeable zones in subterranean formations. These applications include conformance for oil field, grouting for the construction industry...
US20120222863 ALKANESULFONIC ACID MICROCAPSULES AND USE THEREOF IN DEEP WELLS  
Alkanesulfonic acid microcapsules and the use thereof as an additive for acidizing applications in carbonatic rock formations, especially for increasing the permeability of underground carbonatic...
US20110024113 VISCO-ELASTIC SURFACTANT SPACERS  
A spacer for use in an oil well cementing operation comprises an aqueous solution of a visco-elastic surfactant. A method of treating a well in a cementing operation, comprises pumping the spacer...
US20090054272 EMULSIFIER CONTAINING THERMALLY EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE OXIDE  
An emulsifier containing a modified graphite oxide material, which is a thermally exfoliated graphite oxide with a surface area of from about 300 m2/g to 2600 m2/g.
US20120142561 EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY CONTROL IN DEEP WATER DRILLING  
A method of providing a substantially constant rheological profile of a drilling fluid over a temperature range of about 120° F. to about 40° F. includes adding a drilling fluid additive to the d...
US20110237466 EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY CONTROL IN DEEP WATER DRILLING  
A method of providing a substantially constant rheological profile of a drilling fluid over a temperature range of about 120° F. to about 40° F. includes adding a drilling fluid additive to the d...
US20100323927 EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY CONTROL IN DEEP WATER DRILLING  
A method of providing a substantially constant rheological profile of a drilling fluid over a temperature range of about 120° F. to about 40° F. includes adding a drilling fluid additive to the d...
US20130029885 METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXPANDED GLASS GRANULES AND EXPANDED GLASS GRANULES AND THE USE THEREOF  
The invention relates to a method for producing expanded glass granules. To this end, starting materials are provided, comprising 80% to 95% glass and 5% to 20% sodium silicate hydrate having a...
US20120149607 Method for Preventing Calcium Citrate Precipitation During Citric Acid Acidizing Treatments  
Methods of preventing precipitation of calcium citrate and iron-based scale during acidizing treatments and related compositions are provided as embodiments of the present invention. The acidizing...
US20100307753 Methods of Treating Flowback Water  
Methods of treating flowback water from a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore are provided, comprising: (a) providing remediated flowback water having a ferrous iron (Fe+2) ion...
US20120115758 METHODS USING FORMATE GELS TO CONDITION A PIPELINE OR PORTION THEREOF  
A gelled composition for pipeline, flowline, pipeline jumper or flowline jumper dewatering or preventing ingress of seawater into open pipeline systems or components during tie-in operations of...
US20120245061 ENHANCING DRAG REDUCTION PROPERTIES OF SLICK WATER SYSTEMS  
Novel slick water fracturing fluid compositions are disclosed, where the compositions including with slick water fracturing compositions including a partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide polymer...
US20120184468 Composition and Method for Dissipating Heat Underground  
A substantially sand-free, aqueous-based, bentonitic fluid comprising flaked graphite can help dissipate heat from operation of electrical lines buried underground. The fluid is used in drilling a...
US20130035262 Integrated Computational Element Analytical Methods for Microorganisms Treated with a Pulsed Light Source  
Determining the microorganism load of a substance may be conducted readily using one or more integrated computational elements. By determining a substance's microorganism load, the substance's...
US20120172263 Additives to Suppress Silica Scale Build-Up  
Composition comprising a plurality of particulates wherein at least some particulates are at least partially covered with a coating that impedes the intrusion of water into the particulates; and, a...
US20120220502 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ALKYLALKOXYSULFONATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH TEMPERATURE STABLE FOAMS  
The present invention is directed to the use of alkylalkoxysulfonates for the production of foams, which are stable at high temperatures, e.g. up to about 250° C. Furthermore, the invention ...
US20120040439 Use of Prokaryote Viruses to Remediate Bio-Fouling  
This invention provides a process for control in oil and gas wells and related facilities of prokaryote caused souring, fouling and corrosion by reduction of problematic prokaryotes with naturally...
US20120142562 ORGANIC SALTS FOR REDUCING STONE PERMEABLITIES  
The use of free, aromatic acids which contain at least two aromatic ring systems or at least two acid functions, and/or salts thereof, for influencing rock formations in the exploitation of...
US20120289437 NON-AQUEOUS DRILLING ADDITIVE USEFUL TO PRODUCE A FLAT TEMPERATURE-RHEOLOGY PROFILE  
The present application, at least in part, is directed to a method of providing a substantially constant rheological profile of an oil-based drilling fluid over a temperature range of about 120° ...
US20100270221 PORTABLE POLYMER HYDRATION - CONDITIONING SYSTEM  
A portable polymer hydration-conditioning or make-down system for conditioning a neat polymer with water is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system includes a moveable housing supported by a...
US20080032901 Subsurface reactive sealant product  
A sealant product to form a reactive seal in a subsurface or intermittently subaqueous environment includes a reactive medium and a hydratable material that when hydrated forms the seal. For...
US20110275736 Compositions for modifying rheological properties of cement systems  
A method of servicing a wellbore comprising contacting a wellbore servicing composition with a rheology modifying additive wherein the rheology modifying additive comprises a gum and a polymeric...
US20120071366 COMPLEMENTARY SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME  
Complementary surfactant systems and downhole fluids made using the systems are disclosed along with methods for making and using same, where the surfactant systems include from 0 wt. % to 100 wt....
US20120157353 Water-Based Drilling Fluids Containing Crosslinked Polyacrylic Acid  
A method of drilling a gas or oil well consists of use of a water-based drilling fluids containing high molecular weight crosslinked polyacrylic acid as viscosifying agent. The drilling fluid may...
US20120177708 EASILY DISPERSIBLE LIPIDIC PHASE  
The present invention relates to the use of a lipidic phase comprising an oil and a lipophilic additive (LPA), which is suitable to make an oil-in-water emulsion by application of low energy or a...
US20130079256 Filtration Control Agent And A Drilling Fluid Containing The Same  
The present invention provides a filtration control agent and a drilling fluid containing the same. The filtration control agent comprises the product obtained from the reaction of water, lignite,...
US20100305010 HIGH DENSITY PHOSPHATE BRINES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME  
New heavy phosphate brines are disclosed, where the water soluble phosphate brines include two or more metal phosphate. Methods for making and using the heavy phosphate brines in drilling,...
US20120295820 MANAGEMENT OF CORROSION IN PHOSPHATE BRINES  
Phosphate brines are disclosed having reduced corrosive ratings. The phosphate brines include an additive system that reduces the corrosiveness of the phosphate brines compared to the phosphate...
US20120270759 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING GUAR HYDRATION RATES AND PERFORMING GUAR DERIVATIZATION REACTIONS  
Methods are provided that include, but are not limited to, methods of treating guar splits comprising: exposing guar splits to a treatment chemical to create treated guar splits, wherein the...
US20090142143 Fly Ash Bentonite Slurry Mixture for Slurry Wall Construction  
A slurry mixture for use in slurry wall trench construction. The slurry mixture includes fly ash to partially replace bentonite in soil-cement bentonite and soil bentonite cut-off wall...
US20110284248 FOAM RESIN SEALANT FOR ZONAL ISOLATION AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME  
Foamable epoxy-based zonal isolation sealing compositions are disclosed and methods for isolating zones in borehole of oil and gas wells using the compositions. The foam nature of the cured seals...
US20080200565 Surfactant-only microemulsions for cleaning system design and product delivery  
Surfactant systems are provided that, upon contact with an oil, can produce a Windsor Type III middle phase microemulsion at a total surfactant concentration of 1.5% to 1.0% or less based on the...
US20120067566 Method for the Use of Nitrates and Nitrate Reducing Bacteria In Hydraulic Fracturing  
A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate...
US20110065612 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.
US20120108471 Volcanic Ash-Based Drilling Mud to Overcome Drilling Challenges  
Drilling mud compositions and related methods are provided as embodiments of the present invention. The drilling mud compositions are water-based and contain volcanic ash. The compositions and...
US20130035266 COALESCENCE OF EMULSIONS  
The invention relates to methods of controlling the stability of emulsions to coalescence and phase separation. Use of chaotropic counterions to promote coalescence and/or phase separation of...
US20110059873 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.
US20120149609 POLYEPIHALOHYDRIN REVERSE EMULSION BREAKERS  
A composition and method for resolving reverse emulsions and complex water external emulsions using one or more polyepihalohydrins, one or more polyelectrolytes thereof, and any combination thereof...
US20090270281 USE OF SURFACTANT MIXTURES FOR TERTIARY MINERAL OIL EXTRACTION  
The use of a surfactant mixture comprising at least one surfactant having a hydrocarbon radical composed of from 12 to 30 carbon atoms and at least one cosurfactant having a branched hydrocarbon...
US20110160104 Ceramic Particles With Controlled Pore and/or Microsphere Placement and/or Size and Method Of Making Same  
The present invention relates to lightweight high strength microsphere containing ceramic particles having controlled microsphere placement and/or size and microsphere morphology, which produces an...
US20110183875 Vulcanisable guanidine-free mixtures containing ethylene acrylate (AEM), polyacrylate (ACM) and/or hydrogenated acrylnitrile (HNBR)-based rubbers compounds, vulcanisates, prepared by cross-linking this vulcanisable mixtures and their use  
The present invention relates vulcanisable guanidine-free mixtures containing ethylene acrylate (AEM), polyacrylate (ACM) and/or hydrogenated acrylonitrile (HNBR)-based rubbers compounds having an...
US20120090845 Stabilizing Emulsified Acids for Carbonate Acidizing  
Emulsified acids have been used to increase production rates of oil and gas in carbonate reservoirs through acid fracturing and matrix acidizing operations. An emulsifier is used to emulsify the...
US20110275546 FOAMING COMPOSITION FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY  
The present invention relates to the preparation of foaming formulations for high temperature, salinity and concentration of divalent ions, such as Calcium and Magnesium, that apply the synergistic...
US20120088697 FOAMER/SULFUR SCAVENGER COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME  
A new multi-purpose foaming composition having applications in oil field application, industrial applications, waste management applications, or other applications that can be benefited by a foam,...