Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.

Exxon Research and Engineering Company

John A Haslegrave

Daniel S Sullivan, Iii

John C Newlove

Lee A McDougall

Paul J Clewlow

Niall Carruthers

Brent I Bourland

Dennis A Williams

James R Looney

Terence M O'Brien

Amines which are compounds of the formula I: ##STR1## where R is a C.sub.6-20 hydrocarbon;

Amine adducts as corrosion inhibitors

A method of acidizing a subterranean formation with an acqueous acid solution wherein the acid solution contains corrosion inhibiting amounts of an amine derivative prepared by reacting an unsaturated carboxylic acid with (a) fatty amine or polyamine, or (b) a fatty amido amine or polyamine, or (c) a fatty imidazoline amine or polyamine. The derivative is characterized by the absence of primary amino groups, and preferably contains only tertiary amino groups.

Amine derivatives as corrosion inhibitors

A solid polymeric body comprising a polymer matrix containing a water-soluble reagent leachable into a fluid containing condensed water, said matrix being reagent permeative and insoluble in said fluid containing condensed water and the said body preferably having a softening point substantially above that of the temperature of the fluid environment in which it is to be employed is useful for the introduction of an additive reagent into said fluid particularly when said fluid is located in a subterranean formation.

Polymer article and its use for controlled introduction of reagent into

Corrosion inhibition is obtained by treating a system containing corrosion susceptible metal with a corrosion inhibiting amount, preferably 1 to 10,000 ppm of a thio substituted quaternary ammonium salt, preferably of the general structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is preferably H or an alkyl group of 8 to 18 carbon atoms, n is 2 or 3, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are preferably alkyl groups of 1 to 18 carbon atoms and two of R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are methyl.

N, S containing corrosion inhibitors

Corrosion inhibition of metals is obtained treating a system with a corrosion-inhibiting amount, preferably 1 to 10000 ppm, of an optionally-substituted .beta.-pyridyl-ethylamine or a salt thereof, which may be prepared by reacting an amine with a vinylpyridine, preferably in the presence of an acidic catalyst such as acetic acid. The .beta.-pyridyl-ethylamine is a compound of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl, halo or amino group of a group --COX where X is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino or halo group, n is zero or an integer from 1 to 4, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl radical, an alkylamino radical, a heterocyclic radical or a group ##STR2## or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 with the intervening nitrogen atom together represent a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring optionally containing one or more additional heteroatoms.

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