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Vicinal diol containing monomers and polymers and methods of treating a subterranean formation

US4767550A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1987
Grant dateAug 30, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S507/935
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides vicinal diol containing monomers and polymers and methods of preparing and using such monomers and polymers. When crosslinked in aqueous fluids, the polymers form high viscosity gels which are stable at high temperatures.

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