Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.

Exxon Research & Engineering

Jan Bock

Paul L Valint

Robert D Lundberg

Henry S Makowski

Donald N Schulz

Max Leo Robbins

Ramesh Varadaraj

Donald B Siano

John J Maurer

Stanley J Brois

S Richard Turner

Ilan Duvdevani

Enock Berluche

Cornelius Hendrick Brons

Salvatore James Pace

Donald F Jacques

Ralph Martin Kowalik

Gerard P Canevari

Lowell Westerman

Dennis G Peiffer

Michael Siskin

Robert R Phillips

Brian William Davies

Patrick P McCall

Tuncel Ibrahim

Ramah Jessica Brod

Neville G Thame

Julie Elward-Berry

Antonio Gutierrez

Tze-Chiang Chung

Darrell W Brownawell

Harold Shaub

Henry W Yang

Robert R Klein

Virgil H Cargle

Thomas J Pacansky

Jeff J Kaladas

Rodney V Kastrup

Thomas Zawadski

Hartley H Downs

Peter L Steyn

Encok Berluche

Compositions comprising an ethylene/vinyl acetate or propionate/vinyl branched carboxylate terpolymer improve the low temperature properties of fuel oils.

Oil additives compositions and polymers for use therein

Oil additives, compositions and polymers for use therein

A composition for dispersing oil slicks consisting of a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different oxyalkylene or polyoxyalkylene groups, and wherein R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different alkyl or alkenyl groups. The composition also includes a carrier solvent.

Oil slick dispersants

The present invention provides for enhanced bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils and waters by treating soil or water with a composition comprising of a metal chelated macrocyclic amido amines or mixtures thereof represented by the structural formula: ##STR1## where R is selected from linear or branched alkanes with 8 to 22 carbons, linear or branched alkenes with 4 to 22 carbon atoms;

Surface active metal chelated nutrients for bioremediation of

A composition for dispersing oil slicks comprises a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be the same or different oxyalkylene or polyoxyalkylene groups, and

The biodegradation of hydrocarbon contaminated water is enhanced by the adding to the contaminated water a hydrocarbon solution of (a) a mixture of a sorbitan ester of a C.sub.7 to C.sub.22 monocarboxylic acid and a polyoxyalkelene adduct of a sorbitan ester of a C.sub.7 to C.sub.22 monocarboxylic acid, the adduct having from 4 to 50 polyoxyalkelene units, (b) an alkyl glycoside wherein the alkyl group has from about 8 to 18 carbon atoms and the gylcoside is a mono or diglycoside, or a mixture thereof, in amounts sufficient to promote the growth of indigenous microorganisms. In another embodiment of the invention a source of microbial assimilable nitrogen and phosphorous also is supplied to the contaminated water.

Nutrient additives for bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated waters

The present invention provides for enhanced bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils and waters by treating soil or water with a surfactant or mixture of surfactants having the general formulae: ##STR1## where A=CH.sub.2, B=CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O, x=1-10 and y=2-20.

Class of bifunctional additives for bioremediation of hydrocarbon

The present invention provides for enhanced bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils and waters by treating soil or water with a composition comprising a phosphorous source, a diluent and a compound or mixtures thereof represented by the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a linear or branched alkane having about 8 to about 22 carbons, a linear or branched alkene having about 4 to about 22 carbon atoms; T.sub.1, T.sub.2, T.sub.3 are independently ethylene, trimethylene, or CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (NHCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.x, where x is an integer from 1 to 10; Q is HNO.sub.3 or H.sub.3 PO.sub.4 ; and, n is an integer from 0 to 10.

Surfactant-nutrients for bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated

The present invention provides for enhanced bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils and waters by treating soil or water with a surfactant or mixture of surfactants having the general formulae: ##STR1## wherein A=CH.sub.2, B=CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O, x=1-10 and y=2-20.

The bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soil is enhanced by applying to the soil a hydrocarbon solution of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of: (a) mixture of a sorbitan ester of a C.sub.7 to C.sub.22 monocarboxylic acid and a polyoxyalkylene adduct of a sorbitan monoester of a C.sub.7 to C.sub.22 monocarboxylic acid, the adduct having from 6 to 50 polyoxyalkylene units, (b) an alkyl glycoside wherein the alkyl group has from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and the glycoside is a mono or diglycoside and (c) a mixture of (a) and (b) and (c) and thereafter applying microbial nutrients to the soil in amounts sufficient to promote the growth of indigenous microorganisms.

Bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soil

This invention provides a process for preparing novel hydrophobically associating polymers containing cationic functionality which are useful for clean-up of waste waters containing organic contaminants. These water soluble polymers contain both water soluble and water insoluble monomers. The water soluble monomers are acrylamide (AM) and a salt of an unsaturated amine base (C), and the water insoluble monomer is a higher alkyl(meth)acrylamide or alkyl(meth)acrylate (R). These polymers are referred to as CRAM. The process relies on the dissolution of the water insoluble monomer(s) into an aqueous solution of water soluble monomers by means of a water miscible mutual cosolvent. The type and concentration of miscible solvents are chosen to produce a clear, uniform, homogeneous aqueous solution of the hydrophobic monomers in the presence of both nonionic and cationic water soluble monomers and, in addition, the reaction medium remains a clear, uniform, homogeneous mixture with no phase separation as the reaction proceeds to completion. Redox or free radical initiators are used to copolymerize both the water soluble and water insoluble monomers, forming terpolymers of ethylenically unsaturated amine base salts, alkyl(meth)acrylamides of alkyl(meth)acrylates and acrylamide. These polymers provide exceptional clean-up of waste waters containing organic contaminants. Also they are very effective for resolving oil-in-water emulsion, as such as those found in oil production.

Solution process for preparation hydrophobically functionalized cationic

This invention describes novel hydrophobically associating ter or tetra polymers which can contain sulfonate functionality which are useful as aqueous fluid rheology or flow modifiers. These high molecular weight water soluble polymers contain both water soluble and water insoluble monomers. The water soluble monomers are N, N dimethylacrylamide acrylamide (DMA) and optionally a salt of an ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid (s) or N-vinylpyrrolidinone or a metal acrylate and the water insoluble monomer is a higher alkyl acrylamide (R). The process for their preparation relies on solubilizing the water insoluble monomer into an aqueous micellar solution containing one or more surfactants and the water soluble monomers. The surfactants are specifically selected to enable homogeneous dispersion of the hydrophobic monomer(s) in the presence of anionic sulfonate containing monomers. Redox or free radical initiators are used to copolymerize both the water soluble and water insoluble monomers, forming terpolymers of dimethylacrylamide, alkylacrylamides and acrylamide, and optionally an anionic sulfonate or carboxylate monomer. Aqueous solutions of these hydrophobically associating polymers exhibit enhanced viscosification, reduced salt sensitivity and other desirable rheological properties found useful in a variety of applications.

Hydrophobically associating polymers containing dimethyl acrylamide

This invention describes novel hydrophobically associating terpolymers containing sulfonate functionality which are useful as aqueous fluid rheology or flow modifiers. These high molecular weight water soluble polymers contain both water soluble and water insoluble monomers. The water soluble monomers are acrylamide (AM) and a salt of an ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid (S) and the water insoluble monomer is a higher alkyl acrylamide (R). These polymers are referred referred to as SRAM. The process for their preparation relies on solubilizing the water insoluble monomer into an aqueous micellar solution containing one or more surfactants and the water soluble monomers. The surfactants are specifically selected to enable homogeneous dispersion of the hydrophobic monomer(s) in the presence of anionic sulfonate containing monomers. Redox or free radical initiators are used to copolymerize both the water soluble and water insoluble monomers, forming terpolymers of ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acids, alkylacrylamides and acrylamide. Aqueous solutions of these hydrophobically associating polymers exhibit enhanced viscosification, reduced salt sensitivity and other desirable rheological properties found useful in a variety of applications.

Solutions of hydrophobically associating terpolymers containing

A water soluble polymer which is characterized by the formula: ##STR1## wherein x is 50 mole percent or 662/3 mole percent or 75 mole percent and y+z is 50 mole percent, when x is 50 mole percent, y+z is 331/3 mole percent, when x is 662/3 mole percent, and y+z is 25 mole percent, when x is 75 mole percent, wherein the molar ratio of y to z is about 100:1 to 1:100, and M.sup.+ is hydrogen or a metal cation selected from the group consisting of lead, aluminum, iron and Groups IA, IIA, IB and IIB of the Periodic Table of Elements and the level of sulfonation based upon the styrene monomer is about 75 to about 100 mole percent, and R is an alkyl group having about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms.

Thermally stable hydrophobically associating rheological control

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Jan Bock