Method for treating hydrocarbon-bearing formations with fluorinated amine

US9499737B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Jimmie R. Baran, Jr. · Prescott, US
• George G. I. Moore · Afton, US
• Nathan E. Schultz · Lakeland, US
• Dean M. Moren · North St. Paul, US
• Yu Yang · Eden Prairie, US
• Rudolf J. Dams · Ekeren, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21B43/26
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of modifying a surface of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation is disclosed. The method includes contacting the surface of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation with a fluorinated amine, and the surface of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation includes a carbonate. The method can typically include introducing a treatment composition comprising solvent and at least one of the fluorinated amine or a salt thereof into the carbonate hydrocarbon-bearing formation. Hydrocarbon-bearing formations treated according to the method are also disclosed. Certain fluorinated amines useful for treating carbonate hydrocarbon-bearing formations and methods of making them are also disclosed.