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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Sterling Specialty Chemicals Holding Uk Limited, Harrow, GB;
Inventors:
Roopa Tellakula, Suwanee, GA (US);
Louis Rosati, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ronald Robinson, Newnan, GA (US);
Samuel Hanson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/36 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/36 (2013.01); C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); C09K 8/88 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
Emulsions, treatment fluids and methods for treating subterranean formations are provided, wherein the emulsions comprise water, a water-immiscible liquid, one or more polymers, and an inverting surfactant composition comprising one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated alcohol compounds, ethoxylated fatty acid compounds, and alkyl polyethyleneglycol ether carboxylic acid compounds, and salts or esters thereof. The emulsions are particularly suitable for use in brine.