Methods of Treating a Hydrocarbon-Bearing Formation, a Well Bore, and Particles

• US 20110136704A1
• Filed: 05/20/2009
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company), Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (University of Texas System)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company), Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (University of Texas System)
• Inventors: Qiu, Zai-Ming, Martin, Steven J., Sharma, Mukul M.
• Application Number:
  US12/995,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20110136704A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 507/205
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/584 characterised by the use of specific surfactants
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/602 containing surfactants
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/604 Polymeric surfactants
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/68 containing organic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/885 obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds

Abstract

Methods of treating articles using a compound represented by formula: (I) wherein each of X and Y is independently a thiol, a halogen, a hydrogen, a hydroxyl, a hydroalkyl, a carboxylic acid, an aldehyde, a carboxylic ester, or a carboxamide; R′ is hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; and x and y are each independently 0 to 10, wherein x+y is at least 1 and articles treated by such methods. In some embodiments, the article is a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. In some embodiments, the article is a particle, and the method further comprises treating the article with a fluorochemical comprising at least one fluoroaliphatic segment and at least one hydrophilic segment. In some embodiments, the method is used to treat a well bore.

Claims

1. A method comprising treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation with a composition comprising a compound represented by formula:

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the composition comprises at least one of dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylalanine, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine methyl ester, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylalanine methyl ester, or a salt thereof.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the composition further comprises at least one of water or a monohydroxy alcohol having up to 4 carbon atoms.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation or the composition has a pH greater than 7.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising treating the hydrocarbon-bearing formation with a fluorochemical comprising at least one fluoroaliphatic segment and at least one hydrophilic segment.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the fluorochemical comprises a poly(alkyleneoxy) segment.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the fluorochemical comprises:

at least one divalent unit represented by formula;

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the fluorochemical is a fluorinated epoxide, fluorinated glycol, or combination thereof.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the fluorinated epoxide is represented by formula:

11. The method according to claim 5, wherein the fluorochemical is present in a formulation comprising at least one of solvent or water, and wherein the solvent comprises at least one of a monohydroxy alcohol having up to 4 carbon atoms, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, acetone, a glycol ether, supercritical carbon dioxide, or liquid carbon dioxide.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon-bearing formation has at least one fracture, and wherein the fracture has a plurality of proppants therein.

19. A hydrocarbon-bearing formation comprising a surface, wherein at least a portion of the surface is treated with the composition according to the method of claim 1.

10. (canceled)

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26. An article comprising a particle treated with a polymer, wherein the polymer is a polymerization product of at least one of dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylalanine, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine methyl ester, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylalanine methyl ester, or a salt thereof, and wherein the polymer is bonded to a fluorochemical comprising at least one fluoroaliphatic segment and at least one hydrophilic segment.

29. The article according to claim 26, wherein the fluorochemical comprises:

at least one divalent unit represented by the formula;

30. The article according to claim 26, wherein the fluorochemical is polymerization product of at least one fluorinated epoxide or a ring-opened product of a fluorinated epoxide, the fluorinated epoxide represented by formula:

27-28. -28. (canceled)

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33. A method of making an article, the method comprising:

treating the article with a composition comprising a compound represented by formula;

35. The method according to claim 33, wherein the composition comprises at least one of dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylalanine, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine methyl ester, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylalanine methyl ester, or a salt thereof.

38. The method according to claim 33, wherein the fluorochemical comprises:

at least one divalent unit represented by the formula;

39. The method according to claim 33, wherein the fluorochemical is a fluorinated epoxide.

40. The method according to claim 39, wherein the fluorinated epoxide is represented by formula:

34. (canceled)

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