Process for delaying the formation and/or reducing the agglomeration tendency of hydrates
AssigneeInstitut Francais du Petrole
InventorsAndre Sugier, Paul Bourgmayer, Robert Stern
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Abstract
The invention concerns a process for delaying the formation and/or reducing the agglomeration tendency of hydrates in conditions under which a hydrate may be formed, these hydrates being formed from water and gas. The process according to the invention wherein, in particular, an additive comprising at least one compound from the group of hydroxycarbylamides of substituted carboxylic acids is used. Application of the process according to the invention to processes using gases and water, which form hydrates between them, in particular in the petroleum or gas industry.
Claims14
Process for delaying the formation and/or reducing the agglomeration tendency of hydrates within a fluid comprising water and a gas, in conditions under which hydrates can be formed, the hydrates being formed from water and gas, wherein an additive comprising at least one non-ionic amphiphilic compound is incorporated into said fluid.
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