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US2866754A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Well treatment composition

Assignee: Dow Chemical Co
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Filing: 1957-03-25
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Granted: 1958-12-30
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Expires: 1977-03-25
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Paul H Cardwell
  • 👤 Louis H Eilers
  • 👤 Alfred R Hendrickson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 18:43
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10L; C10L7/00; C10L7/02; C07; C07C; C07C53/00; C07C53/126; C07C53/128; C09; C09K; C09K8/00; C09K8/60; C09K8/62; C09K8/64; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S507/00; Y10S507/921

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 130 words
A FLUID COMPOSITION HAVING A TEMPORARY HIGH VISCOSITY COMPRISING A BASE OF A LIQUID PETROLEUM FRACTION, SAID BASE HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN AS A THICKENING AGENT ALUMINUM OCTOATE AND A THICKENING CONTROLLING AGENT CONSISTING OF A MIXTURE OF ACETIC ACID AND A PHENOLIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CHLOROPHENOL, PHENOL, METACRESOL, ORTHOCRESOL, NONYL PHENOL, DINONYL PHENOL, THE ALUMINUM OCTOATE BEING PRESENT IN AMOUNT BETWEEN 10 AND 90 POUNDS PER 100 GALLONS OF THE LIQUID PETROLEUM FRACTION AND THE THICKENING CONTROLLING AGENT BEING PRESENT IN AMOUNT BETWEEN 0.15 AND 9.4 PERCENT OF THE WEIGHT OF THE PETROLEUM FRACTION, THE AMOUNT OF THE ACETIC ACID BEING FROM 0.04 TO 0.12 ML. PER 100 ML. OF THE PETROLEUM FRACTION, SAID THICKENING CONTROLLING AGENT CAUSING THE COMPOSITION TO THICKEN AND THEREAFTER TO THIN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 130 words
A FLUID COMPOSITION HAVING A TEMPORARY HIGH VISCOSITY COMPRISING A BASE OF A LIQUID PETROLEUM FRACTION, SAID BASE HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN AS A THICKENING AGENT ALUMINUM OCTOATE AND A THICKENING CONTROLLING AGENT CONSISTING OF A MIXTURE OF ACETIC ACID AND A PHENOLIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CHLOROPHENOL, PHENOL, METACRESOL, ORTHOCRESOL, NONYL PHENOL, DINONYL PHENOL, THE ALUMINUM OCTOATE BEING PRESENT IN AMOUNT BETWEEN 10 AND 90 POUNDS PER 100 GALLONS OF THE LIQUID PETROLEUM FRACTION AND THE THICKENING CONTROLLING AGENT BEING PRESENT IN AMOUNT BETWEEN 0.15 AND 9.4 PERCENT OF THE WEIGHT OF THE PETROLEUM FRACTION, THE AMOUNT OF THE ACETIC ACID BEING FROM 0.04 TO 0.12 ML. PER 100 ML. OF THE PETROLEUM FRACTION, SAID THICKENING CONTROLLING AGENT CAUSING THE COMPOSITION TO THICKEN AND THEREAFTER TO THIN.

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