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4361186 Formation flow channel blocking  
A method of selectively blocking high permeability flow channels in an underground hydrocarbon material bearing formation having flow channels of high permeability and having flow channels of...
4352396 Method for selective plugging using resin emulsions  
Methods and compositions are provided for selectively plugging the water-rich strata of subterranean formations, including injection into the formation of a water-insoluble, oil-soluble resin...
4343363 Process for cleaning a subterranean injection surface and for selectively reducing the permeability of a subterranean formation  
A process for selectively reducing the permeability of a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore and having an injection surface plugged by crosslinked dry polymer. The process comprises...
4339000 Method and apparatus for a bridge plug anchor assembly for a subsurface well  
A method of fabrication and the resulting structure for an economical and reliable anchor assembly to retain a conventional bridge plug within the production casing of an oil or gas well. The...
4336842 Method of treating wells using resin-coated particles  
Particles coated with a fusible thermosetting resin are placed in the vicinity of a wellbore and in conjunction with a subterranean formation surrounding the wellbore and are cured in the presence...
4331722 Sealing leaks by polymerization of volatilized organosilane monomers  
Leaks in a vessel or pipeline or the like, adapted for containing a fluid, are sealed by means of a volatilized polymerizable organosilane comprising a mercaptosilane, an acyloxysilane, or an...
4328864 Methods for recovery of oil  
Methods for the recovery of oil are provided, which include selectively plugging the water-rich portions of an oil-producing formation by injecting into the formation a swelling polymer.
4321967 Suction of gases from boreholes in coal mining  
Gas, particularly methane, is sucked from a borehole (B) extending from a coal mine working by means of a casing consisting of tubular plastics sections (8) by means of a vacuum pump connected to...
4315703 Sealing method using latex-reinforced polyurethane sewer sealing composition  
A sealing composition prepared by reacting water-soluble polyurethane prepolymer with water containing latex to provide a gelled viscous mass which will cure to a cross-linked latex-reinforced gel...
4312605 Method for grouting joints and/or cracks in sewer conduits  
This invention is concerned with a method of grouting sewer conduits by using an aqueous liquid composition comprising unsaturated monomers including (1) magnesium diacrylate, (2) an alkali metal...
4304805 Sealing leaks by polymerization of volatilized aminosilane monomers  
Leaks in a vessel or pipeline or the like adapted for containing a fluid, are sealed by means of a volatilized polymerizable aminosilane supplied to the interior of the vessel under sufficient...
4291766 Process for consolidating water-wet sands with an epoxy resin-forming solution  
In a well treating process for consolidating a mass of particles with an epoxy resin precipitated from a resin-forming solution, a significant improvement is provided by using: a polyamino curing...
4290485 Reduction of water production from hydrocarbon containing subsurface formations  
To reduce the production of water from a subsurface hydrocarbon-bearing interval of a formation the producing interval of the formation is treated with an aqueous solution or sol of a high...
4289203 Oil displacement method using shear-thickening compositions  
Shear-thickening aqueous compositions useful as workover fluids in producing or injection wells, as water diversion agents and mobility control fluids in post-primary oil recovery operations, and...
4286899 Process for positioning strengthening rods in mine levels and public works  
Strengthening rods are positioned in mine levels and public works by introducing into a long bore made in a wall or other surface to be strengthened, a thermosetting resinous composition and a...
4282928 Method for controlling permeability of subterranean formations  
In the recovery of hydrocarbon materials from subterranean formations, the simultaneous production or loss of other fluids such as water is inhibited by the selective introduction into the...
4276934 Method and device for blocking wells to extinguish fires, prohibit saltwater intrusion, etc.  
A well, such as an oil well, may be plugged, on command, from the well head, by activating a plurality of preplaced motor-driven, foam generating capsules causing a foam to be generated and forced...
4276935 Treatment of subsurface gas-bearing formations to reduce water production therefrom  
Excessive water production from a producing gas well is substantially reduced by the injection of a hydrocarbon-diluted water-in-oil emulsion comprising a viscosifying polymer such as...
4277203 Soil stabilization materials and methods  
A method for stabilizing the soil wherein a liquid selected from the group onsisting of (1) a mixture of dimer diisocyanate and dimer diamine; and (2 ) a mixture of dimer diisocyanate and a...
4275788 Method of plugging a well  
A method for forming a plug in a well bore by establishing a two-phase system within the well bore. The two-phase system includes a less dense phase which bears against the upper surface of a...
4272384 Composition for preventing a resin system from setting up in a well bore  
A zone of a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore is permanently plugged by injecting a liquid resin system containing at least one thermosetting resin and at least one curing agent or...
4259205 Process involving breaking of aqueous gel of neutral polysaccharide polymer  
Particular aqueous gels, epoxy resin compositions and optional additives such as diluents, retarders and accelerators are described which produce a practical composition and method for in situ sand...
4250963 Selective permeability reduction with polymerizable monomers around steam injection wells  
A method is proposed for treating subsurface earth formations in the neighborhood of a steam injection well by selectively altering the effective permeability of the formation through depositing a...
4220566 Aqueous based slurry containing enediol breaker and method for forming a consolidated gravel pack  
A compound containing an aromatic or α-carbonyl enediol functional group is effectively employed as a breaker for the gelled aqueous carrier fluid in aqueous epoxy resin slurries of the type...
4216829 Gelled water epoxy sand consolidation system  
Particular aqueous gels, epoxy resin compositions and optional additives such as diluents, retarders and accelerators are described which produce a practical composition and method for in situ sand...
4193453 Method for consolidating sand or water control in subterranean formations  
A method and composition for fracturing a subterranean formation which comprises (1) contacting a subterranean formation with an aqueous liquid comprising a propping agent and a composition...
4191254 Apparatus and method for plugging voids in a ground stratum  
Apparatus and method of filling voids in a ground stratum in the vicinity of a well bore are enclosed. The apparatus is a self-contained device and, for example, it can be placed in the well bore...
4190109 Introduction and selective removal of debilitating agent for permeability correction  
A debilitating agent is injected into a subterranean formation under conditions of time and injection rates such that it permeates both the more permeable zones and the less permeable zones. A...
4189002 Method for rigless zone abandonment using internally catalyzed resin system  
A zone of a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore is permanently plugged by injecting a liquid resin system containing at least one thermosetting resin and at least one curing agent or...
4183406 Method of treating a borehole using gellable polymers  
Improvements in the treatment of wells that penetrate subterranean formations are accomplished through the use of a polymer solution which includes a neutralized ionomeric polymer dissolved in an...
4168614 Method for the consolidation of mining deposits  
Mining deposits, e.g., coal fields, are consolidated by injecting therein a composition which includes (a) an aqueous dispersion of a vinyl polymer, (b) at least one water-soluble acrylic monomer,...
4158521 Method of stabilizing clay formations  
A solution of an oxygenated polyamine, which is the reaction product of dimethylamine and epichlorohydrin, has been discovered to possess excellent stabilization properties when used as a treatment...
4155405 Prevention of inflow of water into wells or shafts which have already been drilled or are being drilled  
Prevention of inflow of water into the wells or shafts which are already drilled or are being drilled, by means of a polyacrylamide gel cross-linked with a dialdehyde is disclosed. An aqueous...
4148746 Aqueous gels  
There is disclosed an aqueous medium comprising water to which has been added a water thickening amount of a water thickening polymer which is prepared by polymerizing at least one alkyl acrylate...
4140183 Micellar flooding process for heterogeneous reservoirs  
A process for recovering oil from a heterogeneous subterranean reservoir having strata of widely varying permeability by injecting therein via a well a slug of a micellar solution followed by an...
4139676 Consolidation of aggregate material  
Superficial aggregate material (e.g. soil, sand) is consolidated by means of a water-insoluble, moisture-curable NCO-terminated prepolymer having defined physical properties.
4137971 Method of consolidating a subterranean formation  
A method of preventing the failure of a sand consolidation treatment due to contamination of the resinous material with aqueous rathole fluids during injection is described. The method involves...
4137182 Process for fracturing well formations using aqueous gels  
A method and composition for fracturing a subterranean formation which comprises (1) contacting a subterranean formation with an aqueous liquid comprising a propping agent and a composition...
4133383 Terminating the flow of fluids from uncontrolled wells  
A method of terminating the flow of formation fluids from an uncontrolled well comprising introducing a low viscosity fluid into the formation having the property of subsequently becoming highly...
4120361 Method for reducing the permeability of subterranean formations to brines  
A method for reducing the quantity of water produced from a well bore-penetrated subterranean formation and for increasing the production rate of fluid hydrocarbons produced from said formation....
4120842 Sand consolidation composition  
Method of and composition for the treatment of unconsolidated sandy formations to stabilize the formation comprising injecting a treating composition consisting essentially of, on a volume basis,...
4113014 Process for reinforcing geological formations  
The present invention relates to a process for the reinforcement of geological formations and loose rock and earth masses by introducing, into the cavities of the geological formations or rock or...
4110275 Control of incompetent formations with thickened acid-settable resin compositions  
A method and composition is provided for positioning a polymeric material having particulate matter disposed therein in a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore. The composition consists...
4107112 Epoxy resin soil stabilizing compositions  
A method of stabilizing soil, such as sub-bases, bases and wear courses of roads and airport runways, sand dunes and other loose, particulate material, which includes mixing an epoxy resin ester of...
4105073 Tubing conveyed sand consolidating method  
Method of completing a hydrocarbon containing formation located downhole in a cased borehole by running a jet perforating gun downhole on the end of a tubing string. The tool string includes a vent...
4105618 Control of incompetent formations with thickened compositions containing base-settable resin  
Sand control in an incompetent formation is effected by squeezing a thickened composition [comprising a hydrocarbon oil carrier, particulate matter (e.g. sand) a base-settable thermosetting resin,...
4094150 Composition of matter useful for earthen formation treatment  
A gel-forming composition of matter comprising an aqueous solution of a mixture of certain percentages of monomeric acrylamide and monomeric N,N' methylenebisacrylamide and a polymerization...
4091868 Method of treating oil wells  
Processes for plugging oil producing formations, fluid thief formations and the like in oil wells and compositions for the same are disclosed.
4085802 Use of thickened oil for sand control processes  
Sand control in an incompetent formation is effected by squeezing a thickened composition [comprising a hydrocarbon oil carrier, particulate matter (e.g. sand) a base-settable thermosetting resin,...
4081030 Aqueous based slurry with chelating agent and method of forming a consolidated gravel pack  
An aqueous based slurry is disclosed containing an aqueous carrier fluid, a chelating agent, an epoxy resin, a curing agent for the resin, a solvent for said resin and curing agent, a finely...