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5478802 Gelling compositions useful for oil field applications  
A gelling composition and a process for wellbore treatment comprising injecting the composition into reservoirs are disclosed wherein the composition comprise a produced brine; a water-soluble...
5458195 Cementitious compositions and methods  
The present invention provides improved cementitious compositions which can include drilling fluid as a component thereof and methods of cementing wells utilizing such compositions. The...
5441928 Aqueous gellable composition containing an anti-syneresis agent  
An aqueous gellable composition capable of producing gels resistant to syneresis in the presence of divalent ions, contains: a water-soluble acrylamide polymer or copolymer, a crosslinking...
5436396 Stabilizing compositions and methods for stabilizing subterranean formations  
A method for stabilizing a subterranean formation which includes introducing a stabilizing composition into a subterranean formation, for example, by pumping into and through cracks and crevices in...
5431226 Process for reducing permeability in a high-temperature subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation utilizing a decarboxylated crosslinking agent  
A process and composition are provided for permeability reduction in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation to improve hydrocarbon recovery therefrom. The process includes placement of a crosslinked...
5421410 Plugging of underground strata to eliminate gas and water coning during oil production  
A process for plugging an underground strata to prevent coning, i.e. the intrusion into an oil production stream of gas located above an oil producing formation and/or water located below the...
5420174 Method of producing coated proppants compatible with oxidizing gel breakers  
Methods and compositions are provided for producing a curable resin coated proppant and a crosslinked aqueous gel carrier fluid system. The resin coated proppant and crosslinked aqueous gel carrier...
5418217 Composition for selectively reducing subterranean formation permeability  
Visible gels are formed by mixing an inorganic crosslinking agent with a low viscosity aqueous solution having a low polyacrylamide concentration and devoid of polymers containing a vicinal diol...
5415229 Hydrocarbon recovery process utilizing a gel prepared from a polymer and a preformed crosslinking agent  
A process and composition are provided for permeability reduction in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation to improve hydrocarbon recovery therefrom. The process includes placement of a crosslinked...
5399269 Gelation of water soluble polymers  
A gelable composition and process are disclosed that delay the gelation and increase the gel strength of gelled water soluble acrylamide-containing polymers contains: (1) a water dispersible first...
5393810 Method and composition for breaking crosslinked gels  
Compositions and methods are provided which provide improved viscosity reduction of crosslinked hydratable polymer treating fluids in the presence of uncured resin-coated proppants. The uncured...
5389706 Well cement compositions having improved properties and methods  
Improved cement compositions and methods of using such compositions in carrying out construction and remedial operations in oil and gas wells at high temperatures are provided. The compositions are...
5377760 Fiber reinforced gel for use in subterranean treatment processes  
Fibers are added to a gelation solution and the mixture is pumped to a subterranean injection site where it gels in place. The gelation solution is preferably comprised of partially hydrolyzed...
5368642 Functionalized polymers containing amine groupings and their use as retarders in cement slurries  
A functionalized polyamine effective to retard the setting rate of a slurry of hydraulic cement is disclosed. A slurry of hydraulic cement in water which includes the functionalized polyamine,...
5360787 Dispersant compositions comprising sulfonated isobutylene maleic anhydride copolymer for subterranean well drilling and completion  
A dispersant for drilling fluids, spacer fluids, cement slurries, completion fluids and mixtures of drilling fluids and cement slurries used for drilling and cementing subterranean wells.
5358051 Method of water control with hydroxy unsaturated carbonyls  
A method of forming a gel in the subsurface formation is provided whereby a self crosslinking monomer selected from hydroxy unsaturated carbonyl compounds is polymerized in the formation by a...
5354786 Fluid loss control composition  
Polymers used to prevent fluid loss from boreholes may be eliminated after a predetermined time by including with the polymer composition halogen-substituted organic acids or their salt...
5340397 Set retarded ultra fine cement compositions and methods  
Set retarded ultra fine cement compositions which remain pumpable for a predictable period of time at temperatures up to about 240° F. are provided. The compositions are basically comprised of an...
5339903 Method for control of gas migration in well cementing  
A method of cementing a wellbore which penetrates a subsurface gas-containing formation is provided whereby gas migration is reduced. The method features the use of an additive consisting of a...
5340860 Low fluid loss cement compositions, fluid loss reducing additives and methods  
Improved liquid fluid loss reducing additives, well cement compositions containing the additives and methods of using the compositions are provided by this invention. The liquid fluid loss reducing...
5338465 Aqueous gellable composition with delayed gelling time  
An aqueous gellable composition having a delayed gelling time presettable within wide time and temperature ranges, contains a water-soluble organic polymer crosslinkable with chrome ion and a...
5335726 Water control  
A method of forming a gel in a subsurface formation is provided whereby a monomer is polymerized in the formation in the presence of a crosslinker by an initiator selected from azo compounds which...
5321062 Substituted alkoxy benzene and use thereof as wetting aid for polyepoxide resins  
A substituted alkoxy benzene having the formula ##STR1## wherein R, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each a hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and x is 0 or 1 is provided. The substituted...
5314023 Method for selectively treating wells with a low viscosity epoxy resin-forming composition  
Method for selectively treating wells using a low viscosity epoxy resin-forming composition containing a single curing agent. The composition comprises a liquid bisphenol A-based epoxy material and...
5304620 Method of crosslinking cellulose and guar derivatives for treating subterranean formations  
The present invention provides a method of treating of subterranean formation using a gel of a graft copolymer of a hydroxyalkyl cellulose, guar or hydroxypropyl guar prepared by a redox reaction...
5293938 Well completion and remedial methods utilizing cement-ladened rubber  
A method of forming in a desired location in a well bore a dual-state composite of a hardened hydraulic cement and a solid rubber which features the use of a composition consisting essentially of a...
5291949 Method for inhibiting caustic flood breakthrough  
Polymers (and especially hydroxyethylcellulose) are crosslinked using a lanthanide as a crosslinking agent. The crosslinked polymers have utility in well completion, well stimulation, enhanced oil...
5277830 pH tolerant heteropolysaccharide gels for use in profile control  
A pH tolerant aqueous gel-forming composition for placement within a subterranean formation. The composition includes water, a viscosifying amount of a heteropolysaccharide prepared by growing...
5268112 Gel-forming composition  
Gels containing gas precursors and/or pathways are used to selectively reduce the flow of aqueous fluids with respect to the flow of nonaqueous fluids to enhance the recovery of the nonaqueous...
5264470 Set retarding additives, cement compositions and methods  
The present invention provides set retarding additives, set retarded hydraulic cement compositions including such additives and methods of using the cement compositions for cementing zones in...
5262452 Oil well cementing formulations  
An oil and gas well cementing composition has styrene/butadiene latex and a combination of nonionic and anionic surfactants for improved physical properties, especially fluid loss.
5260391 Tetrapolymerization product of 2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid/associated salts, n-vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylamide, and acrylic acid/associated salts  
A unique tetrapolymer and an additive package for reducing water loss from cement comprising a tetrapolymer, base, and electrolyte, at least one surfactant, and water is disclosed. A process for...
5256315 Gellable aqueous compositions containing polymers with special chelating functional groups useful for recovering oil from an oil field  
Gellable compositions containing: (a) water; (b) a water-soluble organic polymer bearing special chelating functional groups; (c) a multi-valent metal ion capable of causing the polymer to...
5244936 Enhanced oil recovery profile control with crosslinked anionic acrylamide copolymer gels  
An aqueous polymeric gel-forming composition capable of selectively plugging highly permeable zones in subterranean oil-bearing formations. The composition comprises an aqueous solution of an...
5244042 Lanthanide-crosslinked polymers for subterranean injection  
Polymers (and especially hydroxyethylcellulose) are crosslinked using a lanthanide as a crosslinking agent. The crosslinked polymers have utility in well completion, well stimulation, enhanced oil...
5226480 Recovery system containing lanthanide-crosslinked polymers  
Polymers (and especially hydroxyethylcellulose) are crosslinked using a lanthanide as a crosslinking agent. The crosslinked polymers have utility in well completion, well stimulation, enhanced oil...
5225090 Visible gels prepared using stainless steel as a crosslinking agent  
Visible gels are formed by mixing an inorganic crosslinking agent with a low viscosity aqueous solution having a low polyacrylamide content. The visible gels are employed to reduce the...
5219475 Aqueous gellable composition, useful for modifying the permeability of a petroleum reservoir  
An aqueous gellable composition having a delayed gelling time is disclosed, which contains a water-soluble polymer crosslinkable with Cr 3 + and a crosslinking/retardant system containing a Cr 3 +...
5219476 Gellable aqueous composition and its use in enhanced petroleum recovery  
The permeability of high-permeability zones in a oil reservoir can be reduced by using a gellable aqueous composition with delayed gelation. The composition comprises: a) water; b) a...
5211858 Lanthanide-crosslinked polymers for subterranean fluid containment  
Polymers (and especially hydroxyethylcellulose) are crosslinked using a lanthanide as a crosslinking agent. The crosslinked polymers have utility in well completion, well stimulation, enhanced oil...
5199823 Aqueous resin preparations and a process for stabilizing rock and plugging cavities  
The invention relates to aqueous preparations of acid-catalyzed melamine resins and/or urea-formaldehyde condensates which contain an addition of zeolite NaA and/or hydroxysodalite to increase...
5179136 Gelatin of acrylamide-containing polymers with aminobenzoic acid compounds and water dispersible aldehydes  
A novel composition and process are disclosed for forming crosslinked gels at elevated temperatures utilize a novel crosslinking agent comprising at least one aminobenzoic acid compound and a water...
5161615 Method for reducing water production from wells  
Water production from a wellbore is reduced by sequentially or simultaneously injecting (a) a hydrophilic polymer-containing organic carrier fluid and (b) a crosslinking agent-containing fluid into...
5159980 Well completion and remedial methods utilizing rubber latex compositions  
Well completion methods utilizing rubber latex compositions are provided. The compositions are comprised of an aqueous suspension of rubber, a vulcanizing agent and a vulcanization activator, and...
5156214 Method for imparting selectivity to polymeric gel systems  
A method for imparting selectivity to an in-situ gel-forming composition for placement within a subterranean oil-bearing formation having relatively high permeability zones and relatively low...
5145602 Sol/gels containing nonionic surfactants and preparation methods  
An electrically conductive polymer composition containing a nonconjugated polymer and a salt is prepared by admixing a sol or gel composition containing the salt with a polymer. A novel sol or gel...
5134176 Crosslinked polyvinyl amine copolymer gels for use under harsh reservoir conditions  
A gel-forming composition capable of plugging highly permeable zones in a subterranean formation. The composition comprises water, a viscosifying amount of a water-dispersible polyvinyl amine...
5131469 Gellable aqueous compositions and its use in enhanced petroleum recovery  
A gellable aqueous compositions able to reduce the permeability of high-permeability zones in an oil reservoir is a aqueous solution containing metered quantities of: a) a water-soluble organic...
5132029 Method and composition for reducing the permeability of a high-permeability zone in an oil reservoir  
A method for reducing the permeability of a high-permeability zone in a high-temperature oil reservoir comprises: preparing a gellable polymeric aqueous solution, operating on the surface under...
5128390 Methods of forming consolidatable resin coated particulate materials in aqueous gels  
Improved methods of forming and suspending consolidatable resin composition coated particulate materials in gelled aqueous carrier liquids are provided. In accordance with the methods, a gelled...
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