Sulfur based corrosion inhibitor
AssigneeChampion Technologies, Inc.
InventorAli Naraghi
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Abstract
The present disclosure is concerned with inhibiting corrosion in metal, usually steel, equipment which is exposed to oil field production flow including gases, oil, water, and sand. It is injected into the aqueous stream and carried with it to contact and coat the metal surfaces. It includes a corrosion inhibitor including at least one sulfur amine based on the equation: R--X(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 NZ).sub.n C.sub.2 H.sub.4 NY In which R is a C12-36 hydrocarbon; X is an amide-CO--NH-- or 5 membered cyclic imidazoline ring; Z is H or Y; Y is SO.sub.2 ; and .sub.n is an integer from 1 to 8.
Claims9
A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal process equipment in an oil field corrosive environment comprising the step of introducing into an aqueous environment an effective amount of corrosion inhibitor comprising at least one sulfur based amine derivation defined by the equation:
- R--X(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 NZ).sub.n C.sub.2 H.sub.4 NY
- In which R is a C12-36 hydrocarbon;
- X is an amide-CO--NH-- or 5 membered cyclic imidazoline ring;
- Z is H or Y;
- Y is SO.sub.2 ;
- and .sub.n is an integer from 1 to 8.
A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal surfaces in an oil field corrosive environment comprising the step of contacting a metal surface with an aqueous stream containing an effective amount of a corrosion inhibitor comprising:
- a water soluble fatty acid with more than about 12 carbons, an amine derivative having a --N bonding site, and a sulfur atom bonded to the --N bonding site, and the water soluble fatty acid is defined by the equation R--X (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 NZ).sub.n C.sub.2 H.sub.4 NSO.sub.2 wherein R is a 12 to 36 hydrocarbon;
- X is an amide-CO--NH-- or 5 membered cyclic imidazoline ring;
- Z is H or SO.sub.2 ;
- and
- .sub.n is an integer from 1 to 8.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.