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6772838 Lightweight particulate materials and uses therefor  
Methods and compositions useful for sand control and/or hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations that utilize relatively lightweight and/or substantially neutrally buoyant particles as...
6769488 Well treatment tool and method of treating a well  
A well treatment tool is installed along the sucker rod string of a well, within the surrounding production tube string. The tool provides for the distribution of a treatment fluid (solvent, etc.)...
6745838 Chemical injection control system and method for multiple wells  
The chemical injection system ( 10 ) is provided for controlling the distribution of chemical fluid from a supply conduit ( 12 ) into an individual petroleum well at an adjustable rate. The system...
6720291 Well treatment composition for use in iron-rich environments  
Improved mud additive compositions are provided which are especially formulated to control hole enlargement due to salt bed erosion during drilling, and to assist in solubilization of deposited...
6666269 Method and apparatus for producing fluid from a well and for limiting accumulation of sediments in the well  
An electric submersible pumping system provides for the production of fluids from a well and for limiting the amount of sediment accumulation in the well. The apparatus includes an electric...
6637512 Soap stick launcher and method for launching soap sticks  
A stick launcher and method for launching soap sticks into a gas or oil well. The stick launcher comprises a containment vessel adapted to house the soap sticks, the containment vessel comprising a...
6581687 Water-in-oil microemulsions useful for oil field or gas field applications and methods for using the same  
A microemulsion comprising (i) an oil phase, (ii) an aqueous phase comprising an aqueous solution of a water soluble oil field or gas field production chemical or an aqueous dispersion of a water...
6530437 Multi-gradient drilling method and system  
A multi-gradient system for drilling a well bore from a surface location into a seabed includes an injector for injecting buoyant substantially incompressible articles into a column of drilling...
6520259 Method and apparatus for fluid entrainment  
The present invention presents an improved method and apparatus for liquid entrainment by a two-phase flow system. The present invention provides an apparatus that recovers liquids by entrainment...
6478089 Automatic chemical stick loader for wells and method of loading  
An automatic chemical stick loader apparatus for gas wells, including a storage and dispensing cabinet at ground level, for sequentially feeding sticks therefrom, a launch tube for sequentially...
6401816 Efficient method for subsurface treatments, including squeeze treatments  
A method for delivering encapsulated materials to a subsurface environment, for the treatment of the subsurface environment, has the steps of: (a) loading the lumen of hollow microtubules with an...
6398960 Method for remediation of aquifers  
A method for remediating aquifers and groundwater contaminated, for example, by toxic halogenated organic compounds, certain inorganic compounds, and oxidized heavy metals and radionuclides, using...
6379612 Scale inhibitors  
The present invention provides compositions of oil-soluble inhibitors suitable for use in inhibiting oil field scale formation. The compositions comprise an acid form of a known scale inhibitor and...
6357526 Field upgrading of heavy oil and bitumen  
A process and system which integrates on-site heavy oil or bitumen upgrading and energy recovery for steam production with steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) production of the heavy oil or...
6343653 Chemical injector apparatus and method for oil well treatment  
An apparatus for injecting a treatment chemical into an oil well produced using a subsurface pump, preferably a subsurface rotary pump, is described. Crude oil is pumped upward from a subsurface...
6330916 Formation treatment method using deformable particles  
A subterranean formation is treated by injecting a blend of fracture proppant material and deformable particulate material into the formation. The deformable particulate material may combine with...
6321595 Characterization of organic contaminants and assessment of remediation performance in subsurface formations  
Characterization of organic contaminants in subsurface formation is performed by methods for detecting the presence of nonaqueous phase liquid in a subsurface formation, and for determining the...
6283202 Apparatus for dispensing a chemical additive into a well  
A chemical additive element or "soap stick" dispensing apparatus, particularly adapted for use in dispensing soap sticks into gas wells, includes an elongated tubular soap stick magazine member and...
6279656 Downhole chemical delivery system for oil and gas wells  
The invention is the method of treating of a well, a formation, or both, with the solids, liquids, or apparatuses, by 1) encasing the solids, liquids, or apparatuses in a water-soluble shell, 2)...
6213214 Pipeline treatment composites  
Solid, slowly dispersible well treatment composites are provided which have a sufficiently high melting point to prevent melting of the composite in hot weather. The composites have a low...
6209643 Method of controlling particulate flowback in subterranean wells and introducing treatment chemicals  
The present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation with a particulate laden fluid whereby particulate flowback is reduced or prevented while also providing a controlled...
6180699 Blend for preventing or retarding the formation of gas hydrates  
A composition is provided herein for preventing or retarding the formation of gas hydrates or for reducing the tendency of gas hydrates to agglomerate, during the transport of a fluid comprising...
6135207 Well treatment pellets  
Solid, slowly dispersible well treatment composites are provided which have a sufficiently high melting point to prevent melting of the composite in hot weather. The composites have a low...
6106700 Method of treating crude oil with an amine oxide compound  
An aqueous composition containing an amine oxide surfactant, and preferably containing an amine oxide surfactant and enzymes, is added to crude oil, preferably by injecting the composition into the...
6093862 Process for slowing the growth and/or agglomeration and possibly retarding the formation of hydrates in a production effluent  
A process for slowing the growth and/or agglomeration of hydrates in a fluid comprising water and gases by adding at least one essentially water-soluble polyoxyalkylene glycol macromer or at least...
6076278 Methods of drying pipelines  
The present invention provides improved methods of drying pipelines containing water which are to transport hydrate forming gaseous fluids. The methods basically comprise flowing a liquid which...
6056058 Methods and apparatus for automatically launching sticks of various materials into oil and gas wells  
An apparatus, and related methods, for automatically releasing sticks of various materials into oil and gas wells. The apparatus has an enclosed magazine which has several chambers for the sticks....
6048462 Waste component removal from crude oil or gas  
A method is provided of reducing an amount of a waste component present in a hydrocarbon fluid produced from an earth formation via a wellbore formed in the earth formation, the hydrocarbon fluid...
6035933 Process for the thermo-hydraulic control of gas hydrates  
A process for the thermo-hydraulic control of gas hydrates in subsea production and injection wells as well as pipelines which transport liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons is described, the process...
6028234 Process for making gas hydrates  
The present invention provides a process for continuously producing clathrate hydrate. This process includes comprising the steps of: (a) pressurizing a hydrate-forming gas to an elevated...
6021847 Removing a waste component from a hydrocarbon fluid  
The invention relates to a method of reducing an amount of a waste component present in a hydrocarbon fluid produced from an earth formation via a wellbore formed in the earth formation, the...
6019903 Geothermal brine processing  
A corrosive acid sulfate geothermal brine is mixed with a near neutral, bicarbonate geothermal brine containing above about 300 ppm silica to produce a relatively benign mixed brine of pH from...
5960878 Methods of protecting well tubular goods from corrosion  
The present invention provides methods of protecting ferrous metal well tubular goods and the like disposed in a well bore penetrating a subterranean formation from corrosion. The method basically...
5924490 Well treatment tool and method of using the same  
A well treatment tool is installed along the sucker rod string of a well, within the surrounding production tube string. The tool provides for the distribution of a treatment fluid (solvent, etc.)...
5900516 Method for predetermining a polymer for inhibiting hydrate formation  
A method for inhibiting the formation and/or agglomeration of clathrate hydrates in a petroleum fluid stream containing water is disclosed. The disclosed method uses predetermined inhibitors having...
5893416 Oil well treatment  
Corrosion, scale-formation, or other deleterious processes are inhibited in an oil well by installing within the oil well (10) fluid-permeable elements, such as tubular filters (20), which...
5891262 On-line thermo-chemical process for the dewaxing of oil export pipelines  
An on-line, thermo-chemical process for the dewaxing of oil export pipelines with the aid of a Nitrogen Generating System is described, wherein the treating fluid to be employed as dewaxing fluid...
5891829 Process for the downhole upgrading of extra heavy crude oil  
A down hole hydroconversion process improves the viscosity, API gravity, and distillate proportions of heavy crude oils by employing a hydrogen donor, methane and steam down hole wherein the...
5880319 Method for controlling clathrate hydrates in fluid systems  
Discussed is a process for preventing clathrate hydrate masses from detrimentally impeding the possible flow of a fluid susceptible to clathrate hydrate formation. The process is particularly...
5858245 Inhibition of silicate scale formation  
A method for controlling fouling of a production or reinjection well, a flashing vessel or a heat-exchange surface exposed to a high-enthalpy geothermal brine that forms metal/silicon-containing...
5848644 Process for reducing the tendency of hydrates to agglomerate in production effluents containing paraffin oils  
The invention concerns a process for reducing the tendency of hydrates in a fluid comprising at least water, a gas and a paraffin oil to agglomerate, by addition of a mixture of at least two...
5837145 Method for treating water contaminated with cyanide  
A method for treating cyanide contaminated water is disclosed. This method generally involves passing the contaminated water through a bed containing elemental iron, to form a precipitate by a...
5824214 Method for hydrotreating and upgrading heavy crude oil during production  
Heavy crude oil containing at least 1% by weight water is hydrotreated and upgraded while being produced downhole in a production well. During production the heavy crude oil containing water is...
5817898 Process for inhibiting or retarding the formation, growth and/or aggregation of hydrates in production effluents  
A process is described for retarding or inhibiting the growth and/or aggregation of hydrates in production effluents comprising water and a gas under thermodynamic conditions in which hydrates can...
5813455 Chemical dispensing system  
An apparatus and method for automatically dispensing chemical sticks into a well bore is provided. In the preferred form, the apparatus is for dispensing soap sticks to unload an oil/gas producing...
5803174 Groundwater well with reactive filter pack  
A method and apparatus for the remediation of contaminated soil and ground water wherein a reactive pack material is added to the annular fill material utilized in standard well construction...
5789635 Method for inhibiting or retarding hydrate formation, growth and/or agglomeration  
The invention concerns a process for inhibiting or retarding hydrate formation, growth and/or agglomeration in a fluid comprising water and gases, by addition of a hydrosoluble copolymer which does...
5783524 Use of glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivatives as complexing agents for alkaline earth metal and heavy metal ions in the production and transport of petroleum and natural gas  
Glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivatives and their alkali metal, akaline earth metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts, used as completing agents for alkaline earth metal and heavy metal ions...
5758725 Method and device for enhancing oil and gas flow in a well  
A method and device for increasing oil and gas recovery include connecting an oil and gas flow enhancing stick to a weighted plunger to speed the decent of the stick to the bottom of a well, which...
5755972 Method for metal sulfate scale control in harsh oilfield conditions  
A method for inhibiting barium sulfate precipitation in low pH aqueous fluids of underground petroleum-bearing formations by adding to such systems an effective amount of low molecular weight...
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