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Compositions containing combinations of surfactants and derivatives of succinic acylating agent or hydroxyaromatic compounds and methods of using the same

US5330662A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 1992
Grant dateJul 19, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S507/925
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a composition comprising a mixture of a brine and a liquid hydrocarbon, and (A) an emulsifying amount of (i) at least one reaction product of a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acylating agent, and at least one of (a) ammonia, (b) an alcohol, or (c) an amine, or at least one salt of the reaction product; or (ii) at least one reaction product of a hydroxyaromatic compound, an aldehyde, and an amine, and (B) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyalkylene amine, a polyoxyalkylene amide, a polyoxyalkylene alcohol, a polyoxyalkylene phenol, a polyoxyalkylene ester, a fatty acid salt, an amine or an alkaline earth or transition metal sulfonate, or a reaction product of a hydroxyamine or a polyalkylenepolyamine with an acylating agent selected from the group consisting of a fatty monocarboxylic acylating agents, a dicarboxylic acylating agent other than a succinic acylating agent, and a tricarboxylic acylating agent. The compositions of the present invention have beneficial emulsion and viscosity properties. These compositions are useful in drilling, working and completing well bore holes. The compositions of the present invention…

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