Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Roland Bohm

Martin Hille

Friedrich Staiss

Rainer Kupfer

Manfred Hofinger

Willibald Bose

John V Hobes

Siegfried Billenstein

Karl Heinz Heier

Fritz J Gohlke

Wllibald Bose

The invention relates to the use of oxyalkylated fatty amines and fatty amines of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which A is a radical of the formula (II)-(V) ##STR2## in which R is C.sub.6 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, x is a number from 5 to 40,

Process of inhibiting corrosion, demulsifying and/or depressing the pour

In the process described, esterification products of an oxyalkylated primary fatty amine and 0.5 to 1.5 mol per mole of fatty amine of a simple dicarboxylic acid or of a dicarboxylic acid from the group comprising dimeric fatty acids are employed as emulsion breakers.

Process for separation of petroleum emulsions of the water-in-oil type

The novel glycidyl ether addition products are obtained by esterification of a diol compound, selected from the group comprising linear oxyalkylates and other amine-free aliphatic diols, and an addition compound of polyether block polymers and glycidyl ethers with dicarboxylic acids. They are advantageously employed for demulsifying crude oil emulsions.

Esterified glycidyl ether addition products and their use

A process for the separation of crude oil emulsions of the water-in-oil type In the novel process addition products made from certain ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block polymers and certain polyglycidyl ethers of phenol/formaldehyde condensation products are added to the crude oil emulsions.

Process for the separation of crude oil emulsions of the water-in-oil

Branched polyoxyalkylene copolyesters are described which are prepared by esterifying an oxyalkylated primary fatty amine and an at least trihydric oxyalkylated alkanol or an oxyalkylated polyamine using a dicarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylic anhydride with polycondensation. The novel branched polyoxyalkylene copolyesters are used as demulsifiers for breaking crude oil emulsions.

Branched polyoxyalkylene copolyesters, a process for their preparation,

Branched, quaternary polyoxyalkylene copolyesters are described which are prepared by esterifying an oxyalkylated primary fatty amine and an at least trihydric oxyalkylated alkanol or an oxyalkylated polyamine using a dicarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylic anhydride with polycondensation, and quaternizing the esterification product obtained using ethylene oxide or propylene oxide in the presence of a mineral acid or carboxylic acid. The novel, branched, quaternary polyoxyalkylene copolyesters are used as demulsifiers and corrosion inhibitors in the processing of crude oil emulsions.

Branched, quaternary polyoxyalkylene copolyesters, a process for their

Oxalkylated polyester-amines which are prepared by esterifying, with polycondensation, an oxalkylated primary fatty amine with a diol and with a dicarboxylic acid, are described. These polyester-amines are used as demulsifiers for breaking crude oil emulsions.

Oxalkylated polyester-amines, a process for their preparation and their

Quaternary oxalkylated polycondensates are described; these are prepared by esterifying, with polycondensation, an oxalkylated primary fatty amine with a diol and with a dicarboxylic acid, and oxalkylating the resulting reaction product in the presence of a carboxylic acid. These polycondensates are used as demulsifiers for breaking crude oil emulsion and as corrosion inhibitors in plants for the recovery and treatment of natural gas and crude oil.

Quaternary oxalkylated polycondensates

A process for improving the flow properties of mineral oils by adding a copolymer consisting of from 66 to 99.9 weight % of ethylene and of from 0.1 to 40 weight % of vinylic acid amide and optionally of further comonomers.

Process for improving the flow properties of mineral oils

The new petroleum breakers are obtained by subjecting (a) an addition reaction product which has been obtained by reacting aliphatic aldehydes with phenol in a molar ratio of 1:1 to 3:1 at temperatures of 50.degree. to 80.degree. C. in the presence of an alkaline catalyst, to a condensation reaction at 80.degree. to 150.degree. C., after prior neutralization and, if appropriate, in the presence of inert solvents, with (b) a block polymer which has been prepared by reacting polypropylene glycols having molecular weights of 1,300 to 3,000 with 20 to 100% by weight of ethylene oxide in the presence of alkaline catalysts, in a ratio of 0.5 to 4 moles of (a) to 1 mole of (b), and removing the water of the reaction which is formed, and (c) adding on 10 to 400 g of propylene oxide, relative to 100 g of condensation product, or 10 to 200 g of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide in a ratio of 1:0.5 to 14, relative to 100 g of condensation product, in an addition reaction, to the etherified phenol/aldehyde condensation product thus obtained. When used for separating petroleum emulsions, they effect, in particular, a high and rapid removal of salt.

Modified etherified phenol/aldehyde condensation products and their use

Use of surface-active neutral salts of sulfonic acids of the formula I ##STR1## wherein A stands for a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical or an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having one olefinic double bond each having 3 carbon atoms, or a mononuclear or binuclear aromatic radical, especially phenyl or naphthyl, C.sub.6 H.sub.2 or C.sub.10 H.sub.4, R.sub.1 stands for alkyl or alkenyl having from 1 to 21 carbon atoms, especially 1 to 18 carbon atoms and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each stand for hydrogen or alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and of oxethylated aliphatic amines of the formula II ##STR2## wherein R' stands for a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical or an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having one or two olefinic double bonds each radical having from 8 to 25, preferably 10 to 2, carbon atoms, z stands for 0 or 1 and m, n and x each stand for integers of from 0 to 20, the sum of m, n and X amounting to an integer of from 2 to 40, as demulsifiers for the demulsification of water-containing crude oil and oil sludge emulsions.

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Roland Bohm