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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2010
Timothy L. Burden, Ponca City, OK (US);
Ray L. Johnston, Ponca City, OK (US);
William F. Harris, Ponca City, OK (US);
Kenneth W. Smith, Tonkawa, OK (US);
Wayne R. Dreher, Jr., Katy, TX (US);
Stuart N. Milligan, Ponca City, OK (US);
Timothy L. Burden, Ponca City, OK (US);
Ray L. Johnston, Ponca City, OK (US);
William F. Harris, Ponca City, OK (US);
Kenneth W. Smith, Tonkawa, OK (US);
Wayne R. Dreher, Jr., Katy, TX (US);
Stuart N. Milligan, Ponca City, OK (US);
LIQUIDPOWER SPECIALTY POWER SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A drag reducing composition comprising at least one non-polyalphaolefin polymer having an average particle size in the range of from about 5 to about 800 micrometers. The non-polyalphaolefin polymer can initially be formed via emulsion polymerization. The initial polymer particles can then be at least partially consolidated and then reduced in size and suspended in a carrier fluid. The resulting drag reducing composition can be added to a hydrocarbon-containing fluid to decrease the pressure drop associated with the turbulent flow of the hydrocarbon-containing fluid through a conduit.