Lost circulation material having tentacles

    公开(公告)号:US11753883B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-12

    申请号:US17644895

    申请日:2021-12-17

    发明人: Md Amanullah

    IPC分类号: E21B21/00 E21B33/138 C09K8/02

    摘要: Lost circulation material (LCM) and method including LCM objects each having a centrally-disposed solid core and tentacles extending from the solid core to entangle with tentacles of neighboring LCM objects to treat loss circulation in a wellbore in a subterranean formation. The LCM as solid cores and entangled tentacles at the loss circulation zone collects solids from wellbore fluid to form a barrier to treat the loss circulation.

    Alpha-olefin sulfonic dimer acid process

    公开(公告)号:US10315988B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15749798

    申请日:2016-07-28

    申请人: STEPAN COMPANY

    摘要: Methods of making an alpha-olefin sulfonic dimer acid (AOS dimer acid) are disclosed. In one method, an alpha-olefin is sulfonated, preferably with sulfur trioxide, to produce a mixture comprising an alpha-olefin sulfonic acid (AOS acid) and sulfur dioxide. This mixture is then heated while purging sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide from the reactor to produce an AOS dimer acid composition. In another method, the AOS acid mixture is treated to remove sulfur dioxide and is then heated to produce an AOS dimer acid composition. With either method, the resulting AOS dimer acid composition has at least a 30% decrease in the level of elemental sulfur when compared with that of an AOS dimer acid composition prepared by a similar process in the absence of any active removal of sulfur dioxide or hydrogen sulfide. AOS dimer acid compositions and salts of the AOS dimer acids, which are useful surfactants for oilfield and other applications, are also disclosed.