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20090062155 | USE OF FLUOROCARBON SURFACTANTS TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF GAS AND GAS CONDENSATE WELLS - The present invention includes composition having a nonionic, fluorinated polymeric surfactant, water and solvent. Embodiments of compositions according to the present invention are useful, for example, for recovering hydrocarbons from subterranean elastic formations. | 03-05-2009 |
20090314549 | MAINTAINING SHALE STABILITY BY PORE PLUGGING - The present invention includes compositions and methods for improving wellbores stability of a hydrocarbon bearing shale formation using nanoparticles to decrease swelling and plug pore throats. | 12-24-2009 |
20100137169 | Method for Treating a Fractured Formation - The present invention includes compositions and methods of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation, the formation having at least one fracture, by contacting the fracture with a composition that includes a solvent and a nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant, wherein the composition interacts with at least a portion of the proppants in the fracture. | 06-03-2010 |
20100167964 | Compositions and Methods for Treating a Water Blocked Well - The present invention includes a method of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing clastic formation having non-connate water by contacting the hydrocarbon-bearing clastic formation with a composition that includes a solvent and a nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant wherein the solvent at least partially displaces or solubilizes the water in the formation. | 07-01-2010 |
20100224361 | Compositions and Methods for Treating a Water Blocked Well - The present invention includes a method of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing clastic formation having non-connate water, the method includes contacting the hydrocarbon-bearing clastic formation with a composition that includes a solvent and a surfactant wherein the solvent at least partially displaces or solubilizes the water in the formation. | 09-09-2010 |
20100292110 | USE OF FLUOROCARBON SURFACTANTS TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF GAS AND GAS CONDENSATE WELLS - The present invention includes composition having a nonionic, fluorinated polymeric surfactant, water and solvent. Embodiments of compositions according to the present invention are useful, for example, for recovering hydrocarbons from subterranean clastic formations. | 11-18-2010 |
20100319920 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF OIL PRODUCING WELLS - Methods for treating formations bearing brine and at least one of black oil or volatile oil using a composition containing a nonionic polymer and solvent. The solvent at least one of solubilizes or displaces at least one of brine or oil in the formation. Methods for making a composition for treating a formation bearing brine an at least one of black oil or volatile oil are also disclosed. | 12-23-2010 |
20110136704 | Methods of Treating a Hydrocarbon-Bearing Formation, a Well Bore, and Particles - Methods of treating articles using a compound represented by formula: (I) wherein each of X and Y is independently a thiol, a halogen, a hydrogen, a hydroxyl, a hydroalkyl, a carboxylic acid, an aldehyde, a carboxylic ester, or a carboxamide; R′ is hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; and x and y are each independently 0 to 10, wherein x+y is at least 1 and articles treated by such methods. In some embodiments, the article is a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. In some embodiments, the article is a particle, and the method further comprises treating the article with a fluorochemical comprising at least one fluoroaliphatic segment and at least one hydrophilic segment. In some embodiments, the method is used to treat a well bore. | 06-09-2011 |
20110201531 | Method for Treating Hydrocarbon-Bearing Formations with Fluorinated Epoxides - A method of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation with a fluorinated epoxide and a treated hydrocarbon-bearing formation. A method of making proppants is also disclosed, which includes combining a plurality of particles with a fluorinated epoxide. The particles comprise at least one of sand, resin-coated sand, ceramic, thermoplastic, clay, bauxite, nut or seed shells, fruit pits, or wood. A particle treated with a ring-opened product of a fluorinated epoxide is also disclosed, wherein the particle comprises one of sand, resin-coated sand, ceramic, thermoplastic, clay, bauxite, nut or seed shells, fruit pits, or wood. | 08-18-2011 |
20120325462 | Method for Determining Spacing of Hydraulic Fractures in a Rock Formation - Methods of the present disclosure include determining an expected trajectory of induced fractures in a rock formation, analyzing net pressure associated with the induced fractures, and determining at least one of spacing of induced fractures and a property of the induced fractures based on the net pressure. Computer-readable medium containing the method are also disclosed. Other related methods are also disclosed. | 12-27-2012 |
20140096967 | SALT-TOLERANT ANIONIC SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) APPLICATIONS - The present invention includes compositions and methods for using an anionic surfactant composition for treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation or a reservoir, of formula (I): | 04-10-2014 |
20140291025 | MAINTAINING SHALE STABILITY BY PORE PLUGGING - Compositions and methods for improving wellbores stability of a hydrocarbon bearing shale formation using nanoparticles to decrease swelling and plug pore throats. | 10-02-2014 |