Environmentally compatible defoaming composition for use in fluids
AssigneeKemira Chemicals, Inc.
InventorsJim Patrick Arduino, Charles Theodore Gammon
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Abstract
Defoaming compositions for reducing the amount of gas present in a fluid such as a cement composition are provided. In an embodiment, a defoaming composition includes a carboxylic acid compound or an ester of a carboxylic acid compound; an alpha olefin compound; and an alcohol compound.
Claims26
A defoaming composition comprising:
- a carboxylic acid compound or an ester of a carboxylic acid;
- an alpha olefin compound;
- and
- an alcohol compound.
A method for reducing an amount of entrained gas present in a flowable end use material, comprising:
- combining a defoaming composition with the fluid, the defoaming composition comprising:
- a carboxylic acid compound or an ester of a carboxylic acid compound;
- an alpha olefin compound;
- and
- an alcohol compound.
The method of claim 112, wherein the end use material is a wellbore treatment fluid, a cement composition, a drilling fluid composition, a waste treatment composition, a water treatment composition, a leaching solution for mining, a pulping composition, a coating composition, a paper coating composition, or a paper composition.
A method for making a cement composition, comprising:
- combining together a cementitious material, a fluid, and a defoaming composition comprising a carboxylic acid compound or an ester of a carboxylic acid compound an alpha olefin compound;
- and an alcohol compound.
A method of cementing in a subterranean formation, comprising:
- displacing a cement composition into a subterranean formation, the cement composition comprising a carboxylic acid compound or an ester of a carboxylic acid compound;
- an alpha olefin compound;
- and an alcohol compound;
- and
- allowing the cement composition to set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.