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US 2014/0179888 A1Published application
Prevention and remediation of water and condensate blocks in wells
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsCheryl Lynn Iaconelli, Gerald Oronde Brown, Christopher James Martin, Erick J. Acosta
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of removing and preventing water and condensate blocks in wells by contacting a subterranean formation with a composition comprising a low molecular weight fluorinated copolymer having perfluoro alkyl moieties which are no longer than C6. A fluorinated copolymer of low molecular weight of about 50,000 g/mol and a method of preparing the same are also disclosed.
Claims5
A fluorinated copolymer copolymerized from monomers comprising:
- (a) from about 30 wt % to about 90 wt % of at feast one monomer of formula I:
- Rf-Q-A-C(O)—C(R)═CH2 I
- wherein
- Rf is a straight or branched-chain perfluoroalkyl group of from 2 to 6 carbon atoms,
- R is H or CH3,
- A is O, S or N(R′), wherein R′ is H or an alkyl of from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms,
- Q is alkylene of 1 to about 15 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkylene of 3 to about 15 carbon atoms, —(CnH2n)(OCqH2q)m—, —SO2—NR′(CnH2n)—, or —CONR′(CnH2n)—, wherein R′ is H or an alkyl of from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, n is 1 to about 15, q is 2 to about 4, and m is 1 to about 15;
- (b) from about 10 wt % to about 70 wt % of at least one monomer or a mixture of monomers is selected from formula IIA, formula IIB, or formula IIC:
- (R1)2N—(CH2)r—Z—C(O)—C(R2)═CH2 IIA
- (O)(R3)(R4)N—(CH2)r—Z—C(O)—C(R2)═CH2 IIB
- X−(R5)(R4)(R3)N+—(CH2)r—Z—C(O)—C(R2)═CH2 IIC
- wherein
- Z is —O— or —NR5—;
- R1 is an alkyl group of from 1 to about 3 carbon atoms;
- R2 is H or an alkyl radical of 1 to about 4 carbon atoms;
- R3 and R4 are each independently an alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, hydroxyethyl, benzyl, or R3 and R4 together with the nitrogen atom form a morpholine, pyrrolidine, or piperadine ring;
- R5 is H or an alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or R3, R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom form a pyridine ring;
- r is 2 to 4;
- provided that for formula IIA the nitrogen is from about 40% to 100% salinized;
- and
- (c) from 0 wt % to about 7 wt % of a monomer of the formula III, IV, V or VI or a mixture thereof:
- CH2(O)CH2—CH2—O—C(O)—C(R2)═CH2 III;
- Cl—CH2—CH(OH)CH2—O—C(O)—C(R2)═CH2 IV;
- (R6)OC(O)C(R6)═CH2 V;
- or
- CH2═CCl2 VI
- wherein
- each R2 is independently H or an alkyl radical of 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, and each R6 is independently H or an alkyl of 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, wherein the fluorinated copolymer has an average molecular weight less than about 50,000 g/mol,
- wherein any perfluoroalkyl moieties present in the fluorinated copolymer are no larger than 6 carbon atoms long.
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