The Lubrizol Corporation

Abbas Firoozabadi

Binbin Guo

Mitchell M Jackson

Jennifer Pate

Provided is a composition including fluid carbon dioxide and a polyolefin thickener, wherein the polyolefin thickener includes a polymer of one or more olefin monomers having 8 or more carbon atoms, wherein at least 5 mol percent of the olefin monomers have 12 or more carbon atoms. Associated methods are also provided.

Carbon dioxide viscosification

A composition including a major amount of carbon dioxide and at least one branched polyolefin polymer is described, as well as methods of making and using the composition, such as in increasing the viscosity of carbon dioxide for use in carbon sequestration and/or enhanced oil recovery.

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Los Altos, CA, United States of America

Abbas Firoozabadi