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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Qiang Lan, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Deepak Monteiro, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Paul Ceglio, II, El Paso, TX (US);
Erick J. Acosta, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Pushkala Krishnamurthy, Pearland, TX (US);
Multi-Chem Group, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a low-dosage hydrate inhibitor additive into a fluid, wherein the low-dosage hydrate inhibitor additive comprises a quaternary or tertiary ammonium cation moiety, a lipophilic tail, and a sulfonate anion moiety; and exposing the low-dosage hydrate inhibitor additive to a temperature above about 200° F.