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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Gordon T. Rivers, Houston, TX (US);
Jun Tian, League City, TX (US);
John B. Trenery, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gordon T. Rivers, Houston, TX (US);
Jun Tian, League City, TX (US);
John B. Trenery, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/82 (2006.01); E21B 43/25 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Gas hydrate formation in a well completion fluid in the annular space of a hydrocarbon producing well may be controlled by the incorporation of effective amounts of one or more low dose gas hydrate inhibitors, including but not limited to, low dosage hydrate inhibitors (LDHIs), kinetic hydrate inhibitors, dendrimeric or branched compounds, linear polymers and copolymers, grafted or branched linear polymers and copolymers, and onium compounds.