Skw Polymers Gmbh

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Basf Construction Polymers Gmbh

Basf Contruction Polymers Gmbh

Andrea Fenchl

Johann Plank

Christian E Spindler

Samuel Jason Lewis

Michael J Szymanski

Uwe Huber

Christian Spindler

A fluid loss control additive comprising a crosslinked polymer and sugar and cement compositions comprising the same. In one embodiment, the fluid loss control additive comprises a polymer and a sugar connected by a pH-sensitive crosslink. In some embodiments, the polymer is a polyvinyl alcohol, and the sugar is a sugar alcohol such as sorbitol.

Fluid loss control additive and cement compositions comprising same

Water-soluble copolymers based on olefinic sulfonic acids, olefinic dicarboxylic acids, vinyl amides and vinyl ethers and/or allyl ethers and/or bisacryl derivatives are described as well as processes for their production and the use of these copolymers as water retention agents, thickeners or anti-segregation agents for aqueous building material systems that contain hydraulic binding agents such as cement, lime, gypsum, anhydrite etc. or for clay suspensions preferably based on bentonite.

Water-soluble copolymers based on olefinic sulfonic acids, method for the production thereof and use of the same

This polymeric, acrylamide-free water retention agent, intended inter alia for drilling fluids in the high-temperature range and based on vinylic sulfonic acids, may be composed of the two principal components A and B, component A being selected from the group a) consisting of vinylic substituted sulfonic acid of the series 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS), vinylsulfonic acid, methallylsulfonic acid or styrenesulfonic acid, salts thereof with a valence of at least 1, or mixtures thereof, or b) a divalent salt of homopolymers or copolymers of a vinylic substituted sulfonic acid of the series 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS), vinylsulfonic acid, methallylsulfonic acid or styrenesultonic acid or mixtures thereof. In the case where component A comprises group a), the polymer further comprises component B) composed of a) from 4.99 to 60 mol % of an unsaturated, polybasic, cis-positioned carboxylic acid monomer and b) from 0.01 to 10 mol % of a monomer having a polyalkylene oxide side chain which contains from 1 to 120 repeating units of the alkylene oxide. The claimed composition, in particular in the form of a copolymer having a molar weight of between 10 000 and 3 000 000 g/mol, is used preferably in drilling fluids and as an additive to cement slurries with electrolyte contents of between 50 ppm and saturation at temperatures above 200&deg; F. and/or in the presence of formates.

Polymeric, acrylamide-free water retention agent

Terpolymers based on (meth)acrylamide, hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and sulfobetaine monomers and their use as thickeners for aqueous salt solutions are described. The terpolymers display their thickening effect within wide concentration and density ranges of the aqueous salt solutions. In addition, their thermal stability is retained also with respect to salt solutions containing calcium chloride and/or calcium bromide and/or zinc bromide.

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