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READING, Pa., Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* has turned on its 4G LTE network in Reading, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. Watch here to see several of the benefits AT&T 4G LTE provides, including:
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- Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile Internet speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. Customers can stream, download, upload and game faster than ever before.
- Cool new devices. AT&T offers several LTE-compatible devices, including new AT&T 4G LTE smartphones and tablets, such as the Sony Xperia™ TL, LG Optimus G™, Samsung Galaxy S III, Motorola ATRIX™ HD, HTC One™ X, Nokia Lumia 920, Samsung Galaxy Note™ II, HTC One™ X+, Samsung ATIV smart PC and ASUS VivoTab™ RT.
- Faster response time. LTE technology offers lower latency, or the processing time it takes to move data through a network, such as how long it takes to start downloading a webpage or file once you've sent the request. Lower latency helps to improve services like mobile gaming, two-way video calling and telemedicine.
- More efficient use of spectrum. Wireless spectrum is a finite resource, and LTE uses spectrum more efficiently than other technologies, creating more space to carry data traffic and services and to deliver a better network experience.
"We continue to see demand for mobile Internet skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Reading responds to what customers want from their mobile experience — more, faster, on the best devices," said J. Michael Schweder, president, AT&T Mid-Atlantic.
AT&T's 4G Network
AT&T's innovation and investment has resulted in the nation's largest 4G network, covering more than 285 million people with ultra-fast speeds and a more consistent user experience. That's coverage in 3,000 more 4G cities and towns than Verizon.** Our 4G LTE network delivered faster average download speeds than any of our competitors in PCWorld's most recent 13-market speed tests.
AT&T's 4G LTE network delivers speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G*** , as well as multiple innovations that optimize the network for performance. Our network's radio components are placed close to the antenna at most cell sites, instead of inside the base station, which helps minimize power loss between the base station and antenna and, in turn, improves the performance of our 4G LTE network. The network also is designed with its core elements distributed across the country, which helps reduce latency, or the delay when using the Internet, because your request isn't traveling as far.
Even as AT&T continues to expand its 4G LTE coverage, customers can get 4G speeds outside of 4G LTE areas on our 4G HSPA+ network, unlike competitors, where smartphone customers fall back to slower 3G technologies when outside of LTE coverage.
AT&T's focus to deliver the best possible mobile Internet experience goes beyond 4G to embrace additional connection technologies. AT&T operates the nation's largest Wi-Fi network**** including more than 31,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores and retailers across the country. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data plans.
AT&T also is a leading developer of Distributed Antenna Systems, which utilize multiple small antennas to maximize coverage and speed within stadiums, convention centers, office buildings, hotels and other areas where traditional coverage methods are challenging.
Over the past five years, AT&T invested more than $115 billion into operations and into acquiring spectrum and other assets that have enhanced our wireless and wired networks. Since 2007, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a July 2012 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. "Investment Heroes."
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**4G speeds not available everywhere. Comparison based on U.S. cities and towns with 4G coverage.
***Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. Deployment ongoing. 4G LTE device and data plan required. Up to 10x claim compares 4G LTE download speeds to industry average 3G download speeds. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. 4G speeds not available everywhere. Learn more about 4G LTE at att.com/network.
****Access includes AT&T Wi-Fi Basic. A Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See www.attwifi.com for details and locations.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's largest 4G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T │DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.
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By Yadira Sanchez Olson
In the midst of a record-breaking year of fundraising, the North Chicago Public Library on Saturday celebrated several improvements to the Argonne Drive facility.
"So far we've received over $10,000 for programming and the enhancement of the library," library director Joan Battley said during a ribbon-cutting event that unveiled a media dropbox installed on a sidewalk in the library's parking lot.
Books, CDs and DVDs can be deposited into the metal receptacle during the library's off hours.
"This helps our library-users avoid having to pay fines," said Library Board member Vance Wyatt, adding that patrons previously expressed a desire to be able to make media returns on Sundays.
The box also provides an easier way for people with disabilities to return rentals, library officials said. The library already had an outside book slot for returns, but it doesn't accept the other library materials.
North Chicago Mayor Leon Rockingham, Jr. called the new dropbox another indication that the city and library are moving forward.
"The media box is one of the many dreams that is coming into fruition," Battley added.
More additions and renovations are underway thanks to fundraising and organizational efforts spearheaded by the Library Board and Friends of the Library members. Battley said both groups have been chipping away at the projects defined in the library's 2013 strategic plan.
Marie Worth, a lifelong North Chicago resident who served 23 years on the Library Board, was an honored guest at the weekend ceremony.
"The library is a wonderful place that has everything for everyone," she said."The media box is one of the many dreams that is coming into fruition," Battley added.
More additions and renovations are underway thanks to fundraising and organizational efforts spearheaded by the Library Board and Friends of the Library members. Battley said both groups have been chipping away at the projects defined in the library's 2013 strategic plan.
Marie Worth, a lifelong North Chicago resident who served 23 years on the Library Board, was an honored guest at the weekend ceremony.
At 85 years old, Worth said she still visits the library regularly to pick up the books that keep her entertained. She also said she enjoys seeing the children's space busy with kids who are learning while having fun.
Worth said she's looking forward to more positive changes that will benefit the library's 32,500 patrons.
The replacement of the 25-year-old building's malfunctioning heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system in September was the first sizable step toward taking the library "to the next level," Battley said.
A community room for library programs and group meetings is currently being renovated, too.
With a new paint job, carpeting and furniture, as well as a PowerPoint projector, the room is expected to be ready in June.
Three monitors that will display the library's news and program schedules are also scheduled to be installed.
"This is all a team effort," said board member Zera Dickerson, who acts a liaison between the board and the Friends of the Library. "Little by little we're making this a more beautiful space for our children and families to come to."
The $4,000 cost of the media dropbox was split by the Friends of the Library and the Library Board.
|Posted by Vance Wyatt on April 23, 2015 at 8:45 AM
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I wanted to say thank you for your help in electing me Commissioner. In the coming weeks, I will be reaching out to various members of the community to help get the District moving forward. I will be launching a number of Task forces to deal with the very complex issues at the Foss Park District. Again, thank you for all of your help.
The final vote count
|Posted by Vance Wyatt on April 8, 2015 at 2:55 PM
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By: Dan Moran
"ONe man, one vote" is usually an abstract concept, a noble-sounding phrase that sounds like it should be engraved on a courthouse monument or said with dramatic emphasis by Sam Waterston on a "Law & Order" rerun.
On Election Day 2015 in North Chicago, the importance of one single vote was written in bold letters in the Foss Park District Board race, where voters were asked to choose two candidates out of six. After the employees and computers at the Lake County Clerk's Office collected and compiled 945 ballots, Jimmy Johnson came in first with 212 votes.
Finishing second was Kingston G. Neal with 163 votes. And also Vance D. Wyatt with 163 votes.
It could be argued that a finish like this is given an assist when only fractions of registered voters put in the time
and/or effort to cast a ballot, though even a Presidential election comes with the possibility of a tie being decided by one man with one vote to use or not use (see Kevin Costner in "Swing Vote," though its box-office receipts indicate few people did).
North Chicago wasn't the only community with both relatively low voter turnout and dramatically close contests.
Village Board races in Deerfield and Hainesville were decided by seven and six votes, respectively. The Big Hollow School District in Ingleside saw its board race decided by three votes. The tiny Cary Area Public Library District saw a one-vote margin in its trustee race.
Of course, it must be noted that all of these totals are not only still officially unofficial but could be changed as provisional and mail-in ballots filter in over the next few days.
In the Foss Park District, for example, if Neal or Wyatt has votes coming in from Snowbirds in Florida that were postmarked in time, that would break the tie on its own.
However all of these razor-thin margins end up once all the franchises are exercised, this week's balloting has already demonstrated to office-seekers that the importance of getting your people out to the polls — either on Election Day or before — has never been more important. It has also reminded voters that your vote not only matters but can prove to be the difference, so sitting on the bench can come at a cost.
Countywide, only 11.25 percent of registered voters made it to the polls.
What can we do to reverse the downward trend in voter participation? Maybe the powers that be can switch election days to Saturdays, so more working people have the time to vote. Maybe political operatives can stop alienating the masses — especially younger voters — with their poison-the-waters campaign tactics.
Until the trend reverses, get the hi-def cameras ready, because there will be more and more photo finishes.
|Posted by Vance Wyatt on April 6, 2015 at 8:20 PM
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Tomorrow is Election Day. I wanted to take some time to thank everyone that gave their time to help this election; and those whom donated to the campaign. The fight isn't over yet. Let's go out there and win this!
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Thank You,
|Posted by Vance Wyatt on March 29, 2015 at 8:00 AM
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My Friend,
A little less than 4 years ago; I had the opportunity to become a Trustee for the North Chicago Public Library. Becoming the youngest Library Trustee in US. History at 20.
In my First year I,
Worked with the Director cut 12% of waste from the Budget and re-purpose it for programs for the Community
Spearheaded the introdcution of Learning Express Library; which allows members in the community study for the ACT, GMAT, SAT, GRE, ASVAB and for many workforce skills; at no cost
Pushed for the investment to update outdated equipment throughout the library
Spearheaded the retention of quality Library Workers, that if failed, could of forced a shut down of the Library
Pushed to expand the collection to include a video game collection and to implement an electronic library branch
Spearheaded the introduction of American Library Association National Game Day to North Chicago
Nominated as Candidate for American Library Association Council-At Large
Appointed to by the Illinois Library Association President to serve on the Public Policy Committee
Reviewed and re-wrote polices that hadn't been updated since 1978.
|Posted by Vance Wyatt on April 2, 2013 at 8:05 PM
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Judy Masterson
NORTH CHICAGO — There's a consensus among the six candidates for the Foss Park District Board that young people in North Chicago need more athletic programs and other activities to keep them off the streets.
But programs cost money and the two commissioners elected to the board April 9 will have to make tough choices, given the district's — and the city's — challenged tax base.
The board includes five, six-year seats. The district serves an estimated population of 50,000 and covers eight-square miles, both within and outside of North Chicago, that include a golf course, athletic fields, playgrounds and a community center on Lewis Avenue. Candidates in the non-partisan race include:
(Edited to include Vance Wyatt only)
Vance Wyatt, 22, serves on the North Chicago Public Library Board. He was appointed to the board in 2011 after making an unsuccessful bid for alderman in 2011. A member of the Illinois Library Association's Public Policy Committee, he will graduate in June with a BS in management and public policy from National Louis University. If elected, Wyatt said he will push to institute bylaws for the board and ordinances for the park district, which now operates under policy guidelines. "You need to know what the rules are," said Wyatt, who is critical of the board's frequent decision to increase its tax levy. "It's ridiculous," Wyatt said. "They're increasing property taxes every single year." Wyatt also questions expenditures for board member travel and training, a figure Neal did not immediately recall. Wyatt argues that parks are underutilized and wants to work to close a lakefront FBI shooting range. He wants to bring back the more generous youth programming he grew up with, create health and exercise programs for adults, and more feeder programs for high school athletics. "We have to work with limited resources and do something for the betterment of kids," Wyatt said. "If we don't, how can we expect to move the city forward?"
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Vance Wyatt received the endorsement of "Democracy for America,the people-powered federal PAC, has over one million members nationwide. DFA is a grassroots powerhouse working to change our country and the Democratic Party from the bottom-up. We provide campaign training, organizing resources, and media exposure so our members have the power to support progressive issues and candidates up and down the ballot."
This makes Vance the only Candidated to receive an Endorsement from an National Organziation in the Race for Commissioner of Foss Park Distirct.
|Posted by Vance Wyatt on August 22, 2012 at 5:30 PM
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Candidate announces: Vance Wyatt, a North Chicago Public Library trustee, has announced his intentions to run for Foss Park District commissioner. His campaign Web site is www.vancewyatt.com. He is a Democratic precinct committeeman, and a member of the Illinois Library Association Public Policy Committee. Wyatt will hold a campaign fund-raiser Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. at the Full Moon Restaurant on Route 41.
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If Time Warner had a theme song for the spinoff of its magazine publishing business, it would probably be "History Repeating" by Shirley Bassey and the Propellerheads.
That's because parent company Time Warner (TWX) is taking the same approach in saddling its Time spinoff with debt that Viacom (VIA) did with its spinoff of struggling video rental firm Blockbuster in 2004.
Blockbuster was never able to shake its debt burden, which hindered its ability to pursue new opportunities. It was soon eclipsed by Netflix (NFLX) and eventually went out of business.
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Time Inc., the publisher of Time, People and Sports Illustrated magazines, plans to raise $1.4 billion in debt as part of its planned spinoff from Time Warner, the parent company announced Tuesday. The proceeds will be used to pay Time Warner for its British publishing subsidiary IPC Media, which is being foisted on Time Inc. Any funds that are left between the amount of debt raised and the price paid for IPC will be used to provide a one-time special cash payment to Time Warner.
Dave Novosel, a senior analyst at Gimme Credit, told the New York Post that he thinks the debt load at Time will be too burdensome for a company with only about $400 million in Ebitda. "This really constricts their financial flexibility," he said.
Time is facing a decline in print-advertising revenue and newsstand sales as more readers move online. Time Warner hopes to complete the spinoff by the end of June so it can focus on its remaining, and more prosperous, television and movie entertainment businesses.
Based on Time Warner's projections that Time Inc. will have net debt of about $1.3 billion, raising $1.4 billion of debt means the new company will have about $100 million in cash, Bloomberg reported.
Time's year-end 2013 balance sheet listed $46 million in cash and equivalents and $38 million in long-term debt. But that clean balance sheet will get a whole lot of red once the spinoff takes place.
Time Inc. reported 2013 revenue of $3.35 billion, down 2% from a year earlier. Its operating income was $330 million, down 21%. Its net income was $201 million, down 24%.
Right before its spinoff from Viacom, Blockbuster was virtually debt free. But Viacom had Blockbuster borrow more than $1 billion, mostly to pay a $905 million special dividend to Viacom's owners, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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A polymer composition for pumping downhole to gel in a subterranean formation comprises a water-soluble copolymer of (i) at least one non-acidic ethylenically unsaturated polar monomer and (ii) at least one copolymerisable ethylenically unsaturated ester; and an organic gelling agent therefor.
1. A composition for use in a subterranean formation, which composition comprises a water-soluble copolymer comprising
(i) at least one non-acidic ethylenically unsaturated polar monomer; and
(ii) at least one coplymerisable ethylenically unsaturated ester;
and at least one organic gelling agent, characterized in that the organic gelling agent is a polyalkyleneimine, a poly-functional aliphatic amine, an aralkylamine or a heteroaralkylamine.
2. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the poly-functional aliphatic amine is a polyalkylenepolyamine.
3. A composition according to claim 2, wherein the polyalkylenepolyamine is a polyethylene- or polypropylene-polyamine.
4. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the polyakyleneimine is a polymerised ethyleneimine or propyleneimine.
5. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the said heteroaralkylamine contains at least one heteroatom.
6. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the copolymer comprises from one to three polar monomers (i) and from 1 to 3 unsaturated esters (ii).
7. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ester is formed from a hydroxyl compound and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid selected from acrylic, methacrylic, crotonic and cinnamic acids.
8. A composition according to claim 7, wherein the hydroxyl compound is an alcohol of formula ROH where R is a C1-30 alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl group, is a hydroxyl, ether or thio ether substituted hydrocarbyl group.
9. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated ester is an alkyl or aralkyl acrylate in which the alkyl group is a C1 to 10 alkyl group and the aralkyl group is a C1 to 5 alkyl substituted aryl group.
10. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated polar monomer is an amide of an unsaturated carboxylic acid.
11. A composition according to claim 10, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated polar monomer is acrylamide.
12. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the copolymer contains from 5-15% mol of structural units from said ester and 95-85% mol of structural units from said polar monomer.
13. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the copolymer is a regular or random copolymer or a graft copolymer.
14. A composition according to claim 13, wherein the coploymer is a graft copolymer in which ester units are grafted onto a polyacrylamide.
15. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the copolymer is soluble in water to an extent of at least 10 g/l.
16. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of at least 50,000.
17. A composition according to claim 16, wherein the copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1-10 million.
18. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the copolymer and the gelling agent are in aqueous solution.
19. A method of conformance control of a subterranean reservoir, which comprises:
(a) injecting into a formation an aqueous solution of a composition as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5;
(b) allowing the solution to flow through at least one permeable zone in said formation;
(c) allowing the composition to gel.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to polymeric compositions and their use for blocking subterranean formations in oil and gas fields.
2. Discussion of Realted Art
Oil and gas fields produce water as well as oil and/or gas, especially when the well is depleted. In addition. secondary recovery techniques such as water flooding to stimulate production of oil involve injection of water under pressure at a distance from a production well to squeeze the oil out. However, in both cases the water moves in the formation along least hindered paths, so that the recovery technique may be inefficient, and in the direct recovery increased proportions of water are produced.
To enhance reservoir conformance control, i.e. to mobilise the oil that may be present in less permeable areas, blocking agents may be injected to obstruct the high permeability channels thereby encouraging preference for liquid movement via the lower permeability channels. Among known blocking agents are polymer gels, in particular gels of polyacrylic acid or polyacrylamide/polyacrylic copolymers, cross-linked with chromium ions as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,744,418 and 4,844,168. The copolymer, mixed with cross-linker, is injected into the formation from the production well, often after a flood of cold water to pre-cool the formation rock, to stop premature cross-linking and gelling before the mixture reaches its desired position. Much work has been described to reduce the rate of cross-linking, by reducing the activity of the cross-linking metal ion, e.g. by co-ordinating the chromium with a ligand, e.g. lactate. Other cross-linking agents which have been used are metals such as zirconium and other transition metals.
Whilst the use of metal cross-linking agents is reasonably satisfactory in practice, there are certain disadvantages. For example, there can be environmental effects with the use of metal ions, particularly with chromium. For some rocks, such as carbonate rocks, the metals used as cross-linking agents are absorbed by the rocks and are hydraulically unstable at temperatures above 70� C. and so cannot function properly, thus reducing the effectiveness of the blocking polymers.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,773,481 describes a process for reducing the permeability of a subterranean formation by the gelation of water-soluble polymers of polyalkyleneimines and polyalkylenepolyamines with certain polymeis which are anionic or hydrolysable to form anionic polymers and which are cross-linked by the water-soluble polymers. Examples of the anionic or non-ionic polymers are polyacrylamide and alkylpolvacrylamides, copolymers of polyacrylamide and alkylpolyacrylamides with ethylene, propylene and styrene, polymaleic anhydride and polymethacrylate and hydrolysis products thereof. As described in the patent, when the water-soluble polymer and the anionic polymer are mixed, a viscous gel is quickly formed. In use, a solution of the water-soluble polymer is pumped into the subterranean formation first, followed by water to cleanse the bore of the water-soluble polymer to prevent premature gelling upon introduction of the anionic polymer. and finally the anionic polymer is introduced.
This three step procedure has a number of disadvantages in practice but it is necessary because the water-soluble polyalkyleneimine or polyalkylenepolyamine reacts very quickly with the anionic polymer and hence cannot be premixed before injection without substantial risk of premature gelation. To some extent, this problem can be reduced by using a non-ionic polymer which is hydrolysable to an anionic polymer at a relatively slow rate, but this limits the choice of materials and is not generally satisfactory. So far as we are aware, the process of U.S. Pat. No. 4,773,481 has either not been commercially utilised, or has only been used to a small extent, presumably because of the substantial practical difficulties involved.
We have now found a way of avoiding the use of metal ion cross-linking agents and of controlling the gelling rate of polymers whereby premixes of polymer and gelling agent can be made and safely injected into a downhole formation without serious risk of premature gelation.
In one aspect, the invention provides a composition for use in a subterranean formation, which composition comprises a water-soluble copolymer comprising
(i) at least one non-acidic ethylenically unsaturated polar monomer and
(ii) at least one copolymerisable ethylenically unsaturated ester;
and at least one organic gelling agent, characterized in that the organic gelling agent is a polyalkyleneimine, polyfunctional aliphatic amine, an aralkylamine or a heteroaralkylamine.
The organic gelling agents are free from metal ions, and are preferably water-soluble polymers capable of cross-linking the copolymers. Among the preferred water-soluble polymers for use as gelling agents are polyalkyleneimines, polyalkylenepolyamines and mixtures thereof. Additional details concerning these polymers and their preparation are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,491,049. The preferred polyalkylenepolyamines are the polymeric condensates of lower molecular weight polyalkvlenepolyamines and a vicinal dihaloalkane. The polyalkyleneimines are best illustrated by polymerized ethyleneimines or propyleneimine. The polyalkylenepolyamines are exemplified by polyethylene and polypropylenepolyamines.
Other gelling agents which can be used include water-soluble polyfunctional aliphatic amines, aralkylamines and heteroaralkylamines optionally containing other hetero atoms.
In a second aspect. the invention provides a method of conformance control of a subterranean reservoir, which comprises:
(a) injecting into a formation an aqueous solution of a composition of the invention;
(b) allowing the solution to flow through at least one permeable zone in said formation; and
(c) allowing the composition to gel.
In the method of the invention. it is generally unnecessary to have any pre-cool step, especially in wells with bottom hole temperatures up to about 120� C. As the solution is pumped downhole and permeates into the zone, it heats up and eventually reaches the downhole temperature after which gelling occurs. The permeability of the zone is preferably high but it can be down to about 60 mD.
FIG. 1 is a graphical plot of viscosity versus time for a composition of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a graphical plot of viscosity versus time for a composition of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a graphical plot of viscosity versus time for comparison utilizing known compositions.
FIG. 4 is a graphical plot of viscosity versus time for comparison utilizing known compositions.
In the composition of the invention, the copolymer is formed from at least one polar monomer, preferably from 1 to 3 monomers, and at least one, preferably from 1 to 3, esters, and comprises structural units derived from said monomer(s) and ester(s). Most preferably, the copolymer consists essentially of said structural units. The ester is preferably substantially neutral as a fully esterified derivative of an acid, i.e. complete ester, rather than a partial ester with free acid groups.
The presence of the ester moiety in copolymers of the invention is vital since it delays the gelling reaction and thus enables the copolymer to be premixed with gelling agent before being pumped downhole. We prefer that the ester group be such as to provide steric hindrance and, for this purpose, bulky ester groups such as t-butyl, for example, are preferred. The precise delay in cross-linking and gelation caused by the ester group will vary from copolymer to copolymer, as will be clear to those skilled in the art. Some experimental trial may, therefore, be necessary to determine the optimum with any particular copolymer. The nature and amount of the ester will be such as to provide a delay in the gelation (compared to a homopolymer omitting any ester component), sufficient for example to enable a premix to be pumped into a formation without premature gelling.
The ethylenically unsaturated esters used in the copolymers are usually formed from a hvdroxyl compound and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid. The ethylenically unsaturated group is preferably in the alpha-beta or beta-gamma position relative to the carboxyl group, but it may be further distant. Preferred acids have 3-20 carbon atoms e.g. 3 to 12 and include. for example. alkenoic and aralkenoic acids with 3 to 6 or 9 to 12 carbon atoms, respectively. Examples of these acids are acrylic, methacrylic. crotonic and cinnamic acids. The hydroxyl compound is usually an alcohol and may be of formula ROH. where R is a hydrocarbyl group. Preferred hydrocarbyl groups are alkyl groups of 1 to 30 or 2 to 30 such as 1 to 6, 2 to 6, 7 to 30 or 7 to 24 carbon atoms; alkenyl groups of 2 to 20 carbon atoms such as 2 to 6 carbon atoms; cycloalkyl groups of 5 to 8 carbons; aryl groups such as aromatic hydrocarbyl groups having 6 to 20 carbon atoms. and aralkyl groups of 7 to 24 carbon atoms. Specific examples of R groups are methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, amyl, hexyl, octyl, 2-ethylhexyl and decyl (including all stereoisomers), allyl, cyclohexyl, palmityl, stearyl, phenyl and benzyl. The R group may also be a hydrocarbyl group substituted by at least one, e.g. 1 to 3 substituents, especially hydroxyl, ether, and thio ether groups. Electron donating group substituents are preferred. Ether substituents are preferred, especially alkoxy, aryloxy and aralkoxy, in which the alkyl, aryl and aralkyl groups may be as described above. Preferably, the substituent is on the same carbon atom of the R group as is bonded to the hydroxyl group in the hydroxyl compound; alkoxymethyl and aralkoxy methyl groups are preferred. The hydroxyl compound may be a primary, secondary, iso or tertiary compound, especially with a tertiary carbon atom bonded to the hydroxyl group, e.g. tert-butyl and trityl. The group R may also comprise a heterocyclic group either for bonding directly to the hydroxyl group of ROH or separated therefrom by an alkylene group, e.g. of 1 to 4 carbon atoms such a methylene. Thus, group R may be a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic or heterocyclic alkylene group. e.g. of 3 to 8 carbon atoms and at least one, e.g. one or two ring heteroatoms selected from O, N and S, especially O and/or N. Examples of such groups are furyl, tetrahydrofuryl, furfuryl and tetrahydrofurfuryl, pyranyl and tetrahydropyranyl. Most preferred R groups are tert-butyl, trityl, methoxymethyl, benzyloxymethyl and tetrahydropyranyl; stearyl, isopropyl, ethyl and methyl may also be preferred.
The preferred ester is t-butyl ester.
The ethylenically unsaturated ester may also be derived from a hydroxyl compound. e.g. of formula ROH, and an ethylenically unsaturated sulphonic or phosphoric acid which may, for example, contain 2 to 20 carbon atoms, especially 2 to 6 carbon atoms, such as alkenyl acids, e.g. vinyl sulphonic acid and vinyl phosphonic acid. Thus, the ester may be methyl or ethyl vinyl sulphonate or phosphonate. The ester may be derived from an acid containing an ethylenically unsaturated carboxamide (e.g. acrylamido) group.
It is advantageous also to include in the copolymer, in addition to monomers (i) and (ii) defined above, other monomers which impart high temperature stability. for example 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulphonic acid.
The ester is copolymerised with an ethylenically unsaturated polar monomer to form the water-soluble copolymer. In the ethylenically unsaturated polar monomer, the unsaturated group is usually vinyl or alpha methyl vinyl, and may be derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid (the acid being as further described above) e.g. as a primary, secondary or tertiary amide thereof, in which the amide is derived from ammonia, or a primary or secondary alkylamine, e.g. of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which may optionally be substituted by at least one hydroxyl group as in alkylol amides such as ethanolamides. Examples of such carboxylic derived polar monomers are acrvlamide, methacrylamide and acrylic ethanol amide. The polar monomer may also be a vinyl heterocyclic compound e.g. with at least O, S or N atom in a ring with 3 to 8 carbon atoms, such as one with at least one carbonyl group in the ring, e.g. N-vinyl-pyrrolidone or -caprolactam, or a vinyl pyridine.
In general, the copolymer will contain 0.01 to 50%, e.g. 0.1 to 40% or 1 to 30%, especially 5 to 15%, mol of structural units from said ester(s) and 99.99 to 50% e.g. 99.9 to 60% or 99 to 70% or 95 to 85%, mol of structural units from said polar monomer(s). The copolymer may be a block or non-block copolymer, e.g. a regular or random copolymer or a graft copolymer, especially with ester units grafted onto polymeric polar, monomer, e.g. ester grafted on polyacrylamide.
The copolymer will usually be soluble in water to an extent of at least 1 g/l e.g. 1 to 200 g/l such as at least 10 g/l in distilled water at 15� C. especially in aqueous sodium chloride solution containing 32 g/l NaCl at 25� C. If desired, the copolymer may be mixed with a sufactant (e.g. in amount of 0.01 to 5% by wt of the solution) to help solubilise it in the water or sodium chloride solution (e.g. brine).
The copolymer preferably has a weight average molecular weight of at least 50,000 e.g. 50,000 to 20 million, such as 100,000 to 10 million, especially 100,000 to 500,000 or 1 to 10 million. The molecular weight may be determined by conventional methods, e.g. gel permeation chromatography or intrinsic viscosity. The low molecular weight copolymer may, for example, have a viscosity in an aqueous 3.6% by weight solution at 19� C. of 10 to 500 cps (measured at 60 rpm with a Haake viscometer). Preferably the copolymer is sheer thinnable, e.g. with the viscosity reducing by at least 10% on increasing the sheer rate by 10%.
The copolymer may be made by conventional methods for copolymerising ethylenically unsaturated monomers in solution, emulsion or suspension, (preferably aqueous), such as are described in Encyclopaedia of Polymer Science & Engineering, Ed. Mark, Bikales. Overberger and Menges, Publ. Wiley Interscience, New York. 2nd ed. vol 1, pp 181-211 and references cited therein, especially L. J. Young in J. Brandrup and E. H. Immergut Eds, Polymer Handbook, J. Wiley, New York, 2nd Ed. 1975, Sec. II and 3rd Ed. Sec. III, especially pp 155/6 and references cited therein and R. Z. Greenley, J. Macromol Science Chem. 14, 427, 445 (1980) and G. Saini et al., Makromol. Chem. 144, 235 (1971). Reference should be made to these documents for further details. Free radical aqueous suspension and emulsion polymerisation is preferred.
The compositions of the invention comprise the copolymer and an organic compound capable of cross-linking an acrylic acid polymer in aqueous solution to form a gel. The cross-linking may be at 20-200� C. especially 40-150� C.
For downhole use, the composition of the invention contains water in which the copolymer and gelling agent may be dissolved. These aqueous compositions are usually made up just before use by mixing the copolymer and the gelling agent in an aqueous medium. e.g. sea water, and then injecting the aqueous composition into the formation. The composition is preferably kept at below 50� C. e.g. below 30� C. before use. The concentration of copolymer in the aqueous composition is preferably from 500 to 100,000 ppm, in particular 500 to 10,000 ppm for copolymers of molecular weight of at least 1 million, and from 10,000 to 100,000 ppm for copolymers of molecular weight 50,000 to 1 million. Preferably, the concentration of the gelling agent in the aqueous composition is from 10 to 50,000 ppm, especially 10 to 1,000 ppm and 1,000 to 50,000 ppm respectively, for the high and low molecular weight copolymers.
The aqueous compositions may be injected into a formation via a producing well or via a secondary injection well (for use with a water flood or squeeze technique), for example. The aqueous compositions may also contain other ingredients. e.g. antioxidants and/or oxygen scavengers. The injection may, if desired, be preceded by a precooling treatment, e.g. with cold water to stop premature cross-linking, but preferably the injection process is performed without such a pretreatment. The aqueous compositions may simply be injected into the formation but preferably they are forced into it by pumping. The formation will usually be about 50� to 180� C. especially 60� to 100� C. or 100� to 150� C. and will generally be water-bearing rather than oil-bearing. It may be of acidic rock, e.g. sandstone or neutral to basic rock, e.g. limestone. with associated formation water of e.g. pH 3 to 6.5 such as 4 to 6 or pH 6.5 to 8 respectively. The compositions of the invention are especially suitable for use with acidic and carbonate rocks, especially at about 60� C. to 150� C.
Compositions containing copolymers with carboxylic esters from tertiary alkanols or arylmethanols, or from ether substituted alkanols or heterocyclic alcohols may be used for example with acidic rocks at 80-120� C. and esters from other hydroxy compounds e.g. primary or secondary alkanols at 40-80� C. The well may be shut in for 1-70 hours, for example, to allow the gelling to occur, and then production may be restarted.
The compositions of the invention have the benefit of a low tendency to cross-linking and gelling in the wellbore (i.e. reduced aggregate build-up) but rapid cross-linking at the high temperatures of the formation. They are, therefore, less susceptible to process handling problems, without the environmental and other problems associated with the use of metal cross-linking agents.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying figueres which show graphical plots of viscosity against time for a series of compositions. The copolymers and cross-linking agent were placed in a Brookfield DV111 Rheometer with external heating bath and the viscosity and time measured.
PA means polyacrylamide, MA means methyl acrylate, the cross-linker used was polyethyleneimine of average molecular weight 70,000, the concentration is the concentration based on wt/wt. Copolymer 1 is a copolymer of polyacrylamide (95%) and tertiary butyl acrylate (5%). Copolymer 2 is a copolymer of polyacrylamide (95%) and methyl acrylate (5%). The partially hydrolysed PA corresponds to a copolymer of acrylic acid and acrylamide.
Copolymers 1 and 2 are according to the invention, but copolymers 3 and 4 are not according to the invention and are given for comparison only. As can be seen, with the copolymer compositions of the invention, there is gelling at the appropriate rate for use as a blocking agent in oil well conformance.
In order that the invention may be more fully understood, the following Examples are given by way of illustration only.
A 5 ft (1.52 m) stainless steel tube of internal diameter � inch (0.635 cm) was packed with quartz sand of average particle size 90 μm-150 μm. Sea water (3.2% total dissolved solids) was pumped into the tube at 40� C. until a constant differential pressure was obtained. The absolute permeability of the sand pack was calculated by means of Darcy's Law to be 1286 milli Darcies. The tube was then flooded with Forties Crude Oil containing 15% volume toluene followed by another flush of sea water to constant differential pressure. The permeability of the sand pack at residual oil saturation was calculated to be 436 milli Darcies.
A seawater solution containing 10% by weight of a 95:5 copolymer of acrylamide and tertiary butyl acrylate and 4% polyethyleneimine was pumped into the tube (maintained at 40� C. by means of an oven) at a flow rate of 1.5 ml/hr and in such a way as to maintain a retention time of � hour in the inlet tube at 40� C. prior to entry into the sand pack. The maximum pressure limit was set at 100 bar (107 Pa) and this limit was reached after 12 hours of flow after which virtually no further flow took place.
In order to ascertain the depth of the gel block the tube was placed under reverse flow while maintaining a differential pressure of 100 bar (107 Pa). During this operation 6 inch (15.24 cm) sections of tube were cut from the outlet end (previously the inlet end) until the flow could be detected. The tube was found to be blocked to at least 4 ft 6 ins (1.37 m) which represented 95% of total volume pumped.
In an analogous fashion to Example 1, a 5 ft (1.52 m) tube was found to have an absolute permeability of 1623 mD and a permeability of 463 mD at residual oil saturation. A seawater solution containing 10% by weight of the copolymer and 2.5% by weight of polyethyleneimine was pumped at a rate of 1-5 mls/hr and a temperature of 70� C. to give a total blocking time of 4 hrs.
In an analogous fashion to Example 1, a 5 ft (1.52 m) tube was found to have an absolute permeability of 198 mD and a permeability of 62 mD at residual oil saturation (by employing sand of finer grain size). A seawater solution containing 10% by weight of the copolymer and 0.4% by weight of polyethyleneimine was pumped at a rate of 3 mls/hr and a temperature of 110� C. to give a total blocking time of 5.5 hrs.
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