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Fritz Industries, Inc.

Cabot Corporation

Edward E Miller

William J Benton

Neil Magri

John Toups

A composition and a method of using the composition to adjust the permeability of a subsurface formation is disclosed. The composition is a water insoluble gel made by cross linking a water soluble polymer. The water soluble polymer is made by polymerizing a precursor composition, wherein the precursor composition is a mixture of an acrylic acid compound and a reactant comprised of a divalent metal salt of the acrylic acid compound.

Water control in a subsurface formation

Water soluble associative polymers and compositions comprising them together with alkali metal salts of carboxylic acid are disclosed. Methods comprise introducing into a wellbore a fluid comprising such associative polymers and alkali metal salts of carboxylic acid, e.g., cesium formate. Disclosed water soluble associative polymers have functionality including at least sulfonate groups, carboxylate groups and hydrophobes associative with one another in a saturated aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt of a carboxylic acid. Water soluble associative polymers are formed as the polymerization reaction product of reactants comprising an AMPS reactant, an alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl reactant and a hydrophobe reactant selected from acrylic esters, methacrylic esters and a mixture of any of them, having a &#x2014;COOR moiety wherein R is a hydrophobe which, as hydrophobe moieties of the resultant associative polymer, are associative with one another in a saturated aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt of a carboxylic acid.

Hydrophobe associative polymers and compositions and methods employing them

Novel polymer compositions are disclosed, along with their use as well service fluids, for example as completion fluids, work-over fluids or drilling fluids, comprising water soluble copolymers having sulfonate groups and carboxylate groups, along with alkali metal salts of carboxylic acid. Exemplary copolymer has 5 to 95 wt. % structural units derived from 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid or salt thereof, and 5 to 95 wt. % structural units derived from acrylic acid or salt thereof. A salt of the polymer may be used, such as the sodium, potassium, ammonium and calcium salts. Exemplary alkali metal salts of the polymer composition include sodium, potassium and cesium salts of formic acid and/or acetic acid in amounts suitable to develop high temperature viscosity suitable for such well servicing fluids. The polymer composition is hydrateble/soluble in a brine of sodium and/or potassium and/or cesium salts of formic and/or acetic acid.

Compositions comprising water soluble copolymer and cesium salt of a carboxylic acid

Novel polymer compositions are disclosed, along with their use as well service fluids, for example as completion fluids, work-over fluids or drilling fluids, comprising water soluable copolymers having sulfonate groups and carboxylate groups, along with alkali metal salts of carboxylic acid. Exemplary copolymer has 5 to 95 wt. % structural units derived from 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid or salt thereof, and 5 to 95 wt. % structural units derived from acrylic acid or salt thereof. A salt of the polymer may be used, such as the sodium, potassium, ammonium and calcium salts. Exemplary alkali metal salts of the polymer composition include sodium, potassium and cesium salts of formic acid and/or acetic acid in amounts suitable to develop high temperature viscosity suitable for such well servicing fluids. The polymer composition is hydrateble/soluble in a brine of sodium and/or potassium and/or cesium salts of formic and/or acetic acid.

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Plano, TX, United States of America

Edward E Miller