Cities Service Company

Shirley H Roth

William S Stoy

Jack Newcombe

Glen F Kellerhals

Charles L Coffman

An emulsion of crude oil and water that is recovered from an underground reservoir is broken by the addition of a naturally occurring brine to effect separation and recovery of the oil phase of the emulsion. Advantageously, brine taken from the same geologic formation as the crude oil can be used as the emulsion breaker.

Process for recovering crude oil from an underground reservoir

Intumescent amine-aldehyde copolymer compositions having improved UV stability are obtained by incorporating about 0.5-75% by weight of a polyol polyacrylate or polyol polymethacrylate into an intumescent composition comprising a low molecular weight, water-insoluble amine-aldehyde copolymer consisting essentially of repeating units which correspond to the formula: wherein Q is the residue of an alkanal containing 1-5 carbon atoms and R is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, halo, nitro, acetamido, or sulfonamido. The preferred compositions are those in which the amine-aldehyde copolymer is a sulfanilamide-formaldehyde copolymer and the polyol ester is a liquid ester.

Intumescent composition

Intumescent amine-aldehyde copolymer/epoxy resin compositions having improved UV stability are obtained by incorporating about 0.5-75% by weight of a polyol polyacrylate or polyol polymethacrylate into an intumescent composition comprising (A) a low molecular weight, water-insoluble amine-aldehyde copolymer consisting essentially of repeating units which correspond to the formula: wherein Q is the residue of an alkanal containing 1-5 carbon atoms and R is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, halo, nitro, acetamido, or sulfonamido and (B) an epoxy resin. The preferred compositions are those in which the amine-aldehyde copolymer is a sulfanilamide-formaldehyde copolymer, the epoxy resin is a liquid glycidyl ether epoxy resin, and the polyol ester is a liquid ester.

Novel intumescent composition

A water-insoluble amine-aldehyde copolymer intumescent agent having a number average molecular weight of about 350-2000 and consisting essentially of repeating units corresponding to the formula: ##SPC1## Wherein Q is the aldehyde residue and R is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, halo, nitro, acetamido, or sulfonamido is mixed with about 10-100% by weight of 1,2-dibromo-4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane as a synergist to increase the foam volume obtainable from the intumescent agent. The compositions comprising the intumescent agent and synergist may be applied to substrates by conventional techniques.

A water-insoluble amine-aldehyde copolymer intumescent agent having a number average molecular weight of about 350-2000 and consisting essentially of repeating units corresponding to the formula: ##SPC1## Wherein Q is the aldehyde residue and R is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, halo, nitro, acetamido, or sulfonamido is mixed with about 10-50% by weight of a synergist corresponding to the formula: ##SPC2## Wherein X is chloro or bromo, T is halo, hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbyloxy group, and Z is a monocyclic divalent saturated polybromocycloalkylene group containing 5-16 carbon atoms and 2-6 bromine atoms: said valences being on adjacent carbon atoms; to increase the foam volume obtainable from the intumescent agent. The compositions comprising the intumescent agent and synergist may be applied to substrates by conventional techniques.

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Shirley H Roth