Calcium-tolerant N-substituted acrylamides as thickeners for aqueous systems
Abstract
A water-soluble, charged, random copolymer of acrylamide and an alkali metal salt of an acrylamido-alkanoic acid such as alkali metal 3-acrylamido-3-methylbutanoate, having an average molecular weight of greater than about 50,000, has been found to maintain unusually stable and effective viscosities in the presence of salts such as NaCl and CaCl[sub 2] when added to water in minor amounts, thus making it a highly effective mobility control agent for secondary and tertiary oil recovery methods. Also within the scope of the invention are the acid form of the polymer, as well as terpolymers which additionally contain olefinically unsaturated monomers such as acrylic acid or sodium acrylate.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- University of Southern Mississippi
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7262638
- Patent Number(s):
- 4649183
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 6-807405
- Assignee:
- Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AS19-80BC10321
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 10 Dec 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 02 PETROLEUM; DISPLACEMENT FLUIDS; ADDITIVES; VISCOSITY; OIL WELLS; WATERFLOODING; ACRYLAMIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; PETROLEUM; POLYMERS; AMIDES; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUID INJECTION; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; WELLS; 020300* - Petroleum- Drilling & Production
Citation Formats
McCormick, C L, and Blackmon, K P. Calcium-tolerant N-substituted acrylamides as thickeners for aqueous systems. United States: N. p., 1987.
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McCormick, C L, & Blackmon, K P. Calcium-tolerant N-substituted acrylamides as thickeners for aqueous systems. United States.
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"Calcium-tolerant N-substituted acrylamides as thickeners for aqueous systems". United States.
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abstractNote = {A water-soluble, charged, random copolymer of acrylamide and an alkali metal salt of an acrylamido-alkanoic acid such as alkali metal 3-acrylamido-3-methylbutanoate, having an average molecular weight of greater than about 50,000, has been found to maintain unusually stable and effective viscosities in the presence of salts such as NaCl and CaCl[sub 2] when added to water in minor amounts, thus making it a highly effective mobility control agent for secondary and tertiary oil recovery methods. Also within the scope of the invention are the acid form of the polymer, as well as terpolymers which additionally contain olefinically unsaturated monomers such as acrylic acid or sodium acrylate.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 1987},
month = {Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 1987}
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