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4886609 Method for stimulation of oil and gas wells  
A method for the removal of scale from the interior of producing oil and gas wells is disclosed. The method comprises introducing a mixture of an aqueous mineral acid, a mutual solvent, and an...
4882075 Acidic surfactant solvent composition  
A micellar acidic surfactant solvent composition of enhanced oil/organic solvency and method of preparing and using same. The oil solvency of a propoxylated/ethoxylated surfactant and alcohol...
4846980 Corrosion inhibiting system containing alkoxylated dialkylphenol amines  
A series of oil soluble to water-dispersible, corrosion inhibiting solutions are disclosed which contain about 2 ppm to about 70%, preferably about 3 ppm to about 200 ppm, of an ethoxylated,...
4813482 Method for removal of paraffin from producing oil wells  
A method for removing paraffin from a producing oil well comprising (a) contacting a mixture of a paraffin-dispersing effective amount of an alkyl or aralkyl polyoxyalkylene phosphate ester...
4795574 Low temperature breakers for gelled fracturing fluids  
A method of breaking gelled viscosities of oil-based gelled fracturing fluids used in low temperature formations having operating temperatures ranging between about 60°-120° F. which comprises...
4787994 Method for preparation of hydrocarbon fracturing fluids, fluids prepared thereby, and methods related thereto  
A method for viscosifying a liquid hydrocarbon-based fracturing fluid is disclosed. The method comprises mixing together a liquid hydrocarbon, an acid, a phosphate composition and an aluminate...
4781845 Hydrocarbon gellant  
Gellant for oil well fraturing or friction reducer in pipelines in liquid form comprising (A) an ionic association polymer which is the reaction product of (1) sodium aluminate and (2) an alkyl...
4622155 Method for fracturing subterranean formations  
The present invention provides a method of forming an easily pumpable gelled fluid which is capable of yielding an apparent viscosity of in excess of about 100 centipoise at a shear rate of 40 sec...
4615740 Liquid polymer containing compositions for thickening aqueous mediums  
A liquid, polymer-containing composition for viscosifying oilfield brines comprising an oil base liquid, an effective, gelling amount of a gelling agent which is an aluminum phosphate compound and...
4601836 Phosphate ester/alcohol micellar solutions in well acidizing  
An acidizing additive to be added to an oil well acidizing solution comprising a mixture of a high molecular weight substantially water insoluble alcohol (e.g. isooctyl alcohol), an effective...
4540527 Phosphites and phosphates of 3-sulfoxy-1,2-propylene glycols  
Phosphites and phosphates of 3-sulfoxy-1,2-propylene glycols are taught as new compositions of matter. These compounds are useful as co-surfactants in enhanced oil recovery.
4517102 Method of breaking an emulsion and an emulsion-emulsion breaker composition  
This invention relates to a composition of matter and to a method for producing a controllable, residue-free break of an emulsion or a dispersion of a water-in-oil emulsion. An emulsion breaker is...
4511480 Corrosion inhibition in deep gas wells by phosphate esters of poly-oxyalkylated thiols  
Phosphate esters of oxyalkylated thiols are used as corrosion inhibitors for ferrous metals in deep gas wells.
4507213 Method for obtaining gelled hydrocarbon compositions, the compositions according to said method and their application in the hydraulic fracturing of underground formations  
The invention relates to a method for obtaining gelled hydrocarbon compositions, and their application in the hydraulic fracturing of rocks. The gelling method according to the invention uses as an...
4480692 Phosphorus containing ester cosurfactants in enhanced oil recovery processes  
A surfactant system useful for oil recovery consisting essentially of a surfactant, such as a petroleum sulfonate, and at least one cosurfactant selected from the group consisting of a phosphate...
4460484 Tertiary oil recovery surfactants  
Emulsified oil-water solutions produced from certain vegetable oil adducts having hydrophilic functional groups and fresh water or dilute brine are disclosed as well as the application of such...
4434062 Oil displacement enhanced by lyotropic liquid crystals in highly saline media  
Liquid crystals are used in place of microemulsions in a process for chemically enhanced oil recovery. The liquid crystals compositions contain ethoxylated surfactants having appropriately balanced...
4393935 Stimulation of gas wells with phosphate ester surfactants  
Gas production wells, which no longer produce gas utilizing conventional primary and secondary means of recovery, can be returned to production by treatment comprising addition of an aqueous...
4355651 Method of transporting viscous hydrocarbons  
An improvement in the method of transporting viscous hydrocarbons through pipes is disclosed. Briefly, the improvement comprises adding water containing an effective amount of a phosphate ester of...
4339349 Corrosion inhibitors for limited oxygen systems  
This invention relates to compositions useful in a limited oxygen system characterized by containing at least one of the following: (1) sulfur-oxygen phosphates (2) quaternaries (3)...
4316810 Gelled oil base compositions and methods of preparation and use of same  
Gelled oil base compositions useful in the fracturing of subterranean formations are prepared by incorporating aluminum salts of one or more oxaalkyl phosphates and/or oxaalkyl alkyl phosphates in...
4293428 Propoxylated ethoxylated surfactants and method of recovering oil therewith  
A method for recovering oil from a subterranean formation is disclosed wherein a novel solution is injected into and driven through the formation. The solution contains an effective amount of...
4289633 Chemical process for backsurging fluid through well casing perforations  
A backsurge of fluid through perforations in a well casing is chemically induced by injecting into the surrounding reservoir a solution which contains (a) nitrogen gas-generating reactants, (b) a...
4278129 Stimulation of oil and gas wells with phosphate ester surfactants  
Crude oil and gas production wells, which no longer produce oil or gas utilizing conventional primary and secondary means of recovery, can be returned to production by treatment comprising addition...
4213934 Use of phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyols in conjunction with sulfite and bisulfite oxygen scavengers  
This invention relates to the use of phosphorylated oxyalkylated polyols (POP) in conjunction with sulfite oxygen scavengers in inhibiting corrosion in oxygen-containing systems. The phosphorylated...
4200539 Fracturing compositions and method of preparing and using the same  
Compositions useful in the fracturing of subterranean formations are prepared by incorporating aluminum salts of one or more aromatic phosphoric acid esters in an oil base fluid. The salts can be...
4200540 Method for fracturing subterranean formations  
A method for fracturing subterranean formations at a subterranean environmental temperature above 150° F. which includes the steps of initially preparing an oil base gel consisting essentially of...
4174283 Method of fracturing with gelled organic liquids  
The reaction product of a hydroxy ether and a pentavalent phosphorus compound with a short chain and/or long chain alcohol can be employed to gel organic liquids by mixing the reaction product with...
4153649 Phosphate ester-type reaction product and method of preparing same  
The reaction product of a hydroxy ether and a pentavalent phosphorus compound with a short chain and/or long chain alcohol can be employed to gel organic liquids by mixing the reaction product with...
4153066 Method of reducing friction loss  
The reaction product of a hydroxy ether and a pentavalent phosphorus compound with a short chain and/or long chain alcohol can be employed to gel organic liquids by mixing the reaction product with...
4152289 Gelling of organic liquids  
The reaction product of a hydroxy ether and a pentavalent phosphorus compound with a short chain and/or long chain alcohol can be employed to gel organic liquids by mixing the reaction product with...
4148736 Oil recovery process using viscosified surfactant solutions  
Thioxotropic compositions having initially relatively high viscosity which can decrease with time are prepared by admixing water and chloroform with an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, an...
4104173 Gelling agents for hydrocarbon compounds  
In complete, non-stoichiometric aluminum salts of alkyl orthophosphates, when neutralized with a second basic compound, form pseudo double salts which are capable of gelling hydrocarbons when...
4094798 Oil recovery process usable in high temperature formations containing high salinity water which may include high concentrations of polyvalent ions  
A fluid containing a dual surfactant system and a process using the fluid for recovering petroleum from petroleum formations containing high salinity water, e.g. from 50,000 to 225,000 parts per...
4075291 Pyrophosphates  
Pyrophosphates, containing both oxygen and sulfur, of the formula ##STR1## where X is oxygen or sulfur such as those of the formula ##STR2## where R is other than a lower alkyl group (i.e....
4046197 Well completion and workover method  
A well completion and workover method wherein a subterranean formation is contacted with a high density, nondamaging treating fluid which comprises a saturated, aqueous solution having finely...
4038207 Stabilized hydrocarbon gels and a method for their preparation  
Hydrocarbon gels formed from liquid hydrocarbons with pseudo double salts of alkyl acid orthophosphoric acids as gelling agents are made stable to the presence of excess caustic materials by the...
4021356 Alkoxylated asphalts as co-surfactants in surfactant oil recovery processes usable in formations containing water having high concentrations of polyvalent ions such as calcium and magnesium  
Ethoxylated asphalt solutions have high tolerance for sodium and calcium ions as well as magnesium and other divalent ions. The use of ethoxylated asphalts in combination with other surfactants...
4008165 Surfactant oil recovery process usable in high temperature formations having high concentrations of polyvalent ions  
A three surfactant system usable in high temperature petroleum formations containing water having from about 200 to about 14,000 parts per million polyvalent ions such as calcium and/or magnesium...
4007128 Polyamine salts of aluminum alkyl orthophosphates  
Gelled hydrocarbon compositions comprising a liquid hydrocarbon, a partial aluminum salt of an alkyl acid orthophosphate and a neutralizing amount of a polyamine which retain gel character in the...
3965003 Scale inhibition and compounds therefor  
Phosphated oxypropylated hydroxy hydrocarbons obtained by reacting polyphosphoric acid or phosphorus pentoxide or mixtures thereof with oxypropylated hydroxy hydrocarbons, with or without...
3935215 Process of reverting thiophosphates  
Thiophosphates of the formula ##EQU1## where X is 0 or S, R is a hydrocarbon or a substituted hydrocarbon group such as alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, alkaryl, aralkyl, etc., and R' is a...
3909447 Mixtures of thiophosphates, oxygen phosphates and pyrophosphates  
Mixtures of Thiophosphates, pyrophosphates containing both oxygen and sulfur, and oxygen phosphates are effective as corrosion inhibitors particularly in aqueous and/or oxygenated systems. The...
3793209 ORGANIC DEPOSIT AND CALCIUM SULFATE SCALE REMOVAL EMULSION AND PROCESS  
An emulsion which is successful for removing calcium sulfate deposits which are coated and/or commingled with an organic deposit is disclosed and claimed. The emulsion comprises a continuous...
3787319 AMINE/PHOSPHATE COMPOSITION USEFUL AS CORROSION AND SCALE INHIBITOR  
A composition useful as a corrosion and scale inhibitor is obtained by reacting an N-secondary alkyl alkylene diamine (e.g., contains an average of eight-20 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and...
3757864 FRICTION REDUCING AND GELLING AGENT FOR ORGANIC LIQUIDS  
The pressure drop of a confined non-polar organic liquid in motion due to friction is markedly lessened by admixing with the liquid an effective amount of one or more aluminum salts of an aliphatic...
3703928 OIL RECOVERY UTILIZING ACIDIC ORGANIC PHOSPHATE SCALE INHIBITORS  
Disclosed herein is a method for the reduction of scale deposition in a formation and fractures about a producing wellbore. In particular, an acidic organic phosphate scale inhibitor is introduced...
3644205 INHIBITION OF AQUEOUS SYSTEMS FROM DEPOSITION OF SCALE  
The deposition of scale-forming salts from an aqueous system containing a scale-forming amount of a salt such as calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, barium sulfate, strontium sulfate, strontium...
3633672 INHIBITION OF DEPOSITION OF SCALE  
Long term inhibition of the deposition or accumulation of inorganic scale in operations concerned with working or treating, or producing from, an underground reservoir is attained by employing an...
3620303 TAR RECOVERY METHOD  
A method for recovering tar or extremely viscous hydrocarbons from an underground formation. The method includes the steps of injecting an aqueous solution of anionic orthophosphate ester...
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