Timothy J. Kugel

US Patent RE48818 Hot-melt adhesive substance

US Patent 7417010 Process for treating an oil well

US Patent 7425582 Stabilized dispersions comprising excipient surface-modified organic nanoparticles and medicament particles

US Patent 7439210 Inhibitive water-based drilling fluid system and method for drilling sands and other water-sensitive formations

US Patent 7439272 Ultraporous sol gel monoliths

US Patent 7452849 Silicone resin for drilling fluid loss control

US Patent 7456135 Methods of drilling using flat rheology drilling fluids

US Patent 7459106 Materials, methods, and uses for photochemical generation of acids and/or radical species

US Patent 7459484 Organic colloidal dispersion of iron particles, method for preparing same and use thereof as fuel additive for internal combustion engines

US Patent 7462580 Flat rheology drilling fluids

US Patent 7465415 Photochromic materials derived from ring-opening monomers and photochromic initiators

US Patent 7468343 Alkylxylene sulfonates for enhanced oil recovery processes

US Patent 7470726 Method for controlling a hydrogel composition during processing

US Patent 7476345 Layer by layer self-assembly of large response molecular electro-optic materials by a desilylation strategy

US Patent 7476644 Method and materials for hydaulic fracturing of wells

US Patent 7476694 Methods of treating mammals with stabilized particle dispersions containing excipient surface-modified nanoparticles

US Patent 7476695 Modified stannic oxide-zirconium oxide complex sol and method for preparing same

US Patent 7482309 Methods of drilling wellbores using variable density fluids comprising coated elastic particles

US Patent 7482310 Method of fracturing subterranean formations utilizing emulsions comprising acrylamide copolymers

US Patent 7482311 Self-destructing filter cake

US Patent 7482383 Emulsion containing a plant extract, method for producing said emulsion and for obtaining said plant extract

US Patent 7482384 Iron composite particles for purifying soil or ground water, process for producing the same, purifying agent containing the same, process for producing the purifying agent and method for purifying soil or ground water

US Patent 7482385 Wetting agent formulations for hydrotropic moisture control of substrates and dispersed phases

US Patent 7482386 Hydrotropic additive to water for dust control

US Patent 7485602 Drilling method using isomerized olefins and paraffin hydrocarbons as base oils for invert emulsion oil muds

US Patent 7485696 Oxytetramethylene glycol copolymer and method for producing the same

US Patent 7488704 Invert drilling fluids for use in drilling in subterranean formations

US Patent 7491682 Method of inhibiting or controlling formation of inorganic scales

US Patent 7495032 Method for processing ceramic powder suspension

US Patent 7507692 Methods for reducing circulation loss during drilling operations

US Patent 7507784 Liquid crystalline thermosets from ester, ester-imide, and ester-amide oligomers

US Patent 7511079 Methods and apparatuses for the comminution and stabilization of small particles

US Patent 7517835 Surfactant-polymer compositions for enhancing the stability of viscoelastic-surfactant based fluid

US Patent 7517915 Method for processing ceramic powder suspension

US Patent 7521005 Electrochromic material with improved lifetime

US Patent 7521399 Drilling fluids containing biodegradable organophilic clay

US Patent 7521400 Gelled oil with surfactant

US Patent 7521482 Emulsion containing an oppositely-charged surfactant and polymer and the production method thereof

US Patent 7524441 Color filter composition, method and apparatus for manufacturing a color filter having the same

US Patent 7524796 Environmentally acceptable polymer suspensions for oil field applications

US Patent 7528096 Structured composite compositions for treatment of subterranean wells

US Patent 7534743 Invert drilling fluids and methods of drilling boreholes

US Patent 7534744 Method and composition for preventing or treating lost circulation

US Patent 7534745 Gelled invert emulsion compositions comprising polyvalent metal salts of an organophosphonic acid ester or an organophosphinic acid and methods of use and manufacture

US Patent 7541317 Downhole drilling compositions and methods of preparation

US Patent 7541318 On-the-fly preparation of proppant and its use in subterranean operations

US Patent 7544639 Composition and process for the treatment of hydrogen sulfide

US Patent 7547663 Invert drilling fluids and methods of drilling boreholes

US Patent 7547664 Additives comprising chlorinated carbohydrates

US Patent 7547665 Acidic treatment fluids comprising scleroglucan and/or diutan and associated methods

US Patent 7550411 Subterranean treatment fluids comprising polyoxazoline compositions and methods of use in subterranean formations

US Patent 7550412 Compositions and methods for producing guar gum and for using the guar gum in treating a subterranean formation

US Patent 7550514 Defoamer compositions

US Patent 7550541 Resin composition and molded article, film and fiber each comprising the same

US Patent 7553432 Infrared absorbent, electrophotographic toner, and image forming apparatus using electrophotographic toner

US Patent 7553800 In-situ filter cake degradation compositions and methods of use in subterranean formations

US Patent 7556750 Photochromic materials with reactive substituents

US Patent 7560418 Additives for imparting fragile progressive gel structure and controlled temporary viscosity to oil based drilling fluids

US Patent 7560419 Method and biodegradable super absorbent composition for preventing or treating lost circulation

US Patent 7563827 Modified stannic oxide sol, stannic oxide-zirconium oxide composite sol, coating composition and optical element

US Patent 7569523 Method and materials for hydraulic fracturing of wells using a liquid degradable thermoplastic polymer

US Patent 7569614 Process for producing acidic aqueous alumina sol

US Patent 7572755 Drilling fluid comprising a vinyl neodecanoate polymer and method for enhanced suspension

US Patent 7572757 Method of treating a well with a gel stabilizer

US Patent 7576038 Well drilling fluids

US Patent 7576041 Bromine-based sulfamate stabilized breaker composition and process

US Patent 7576042 Salt water stable latex cement slurries

US Patent 7576043 Viscoelastic wellbore fluid comprising an anionic surfactant

US Patent 7579302 Friction reducer performance by complexing multivalent ions in water

US Patent 7582230 Liquid crystal display and colour filter with improved transparency for green light

US Patent 7582231 Essentially water-free polymerized crystalline colloidal array composites having tunable radiation diffracting properties

US Patent 7582682 Removal of PCB and other halogenated organic contaminants found in ex situ structures

US Patent 7585816 Method for inhibiting hydrate formation

US Patent 7585817 Compositions and methods for improving the productivity of hydrocarbon producing wells using a non-ionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant

US Patent 7585818 Nonnatural galactomannans and methods of use

US Patent 7589049 Additive for increasing the density of a fluid for casing annulus pressure

US Patent 7589050 Composition comprising a fully dissolved non-HF fluoride source and method for treating a subterranean formation

US Patent 7595011 Stabilized electrochromic media

US Patent 7595281 Methods to increase recovery of treatment fluid following stimulation of a subterranean formation comprising in situ fluorocarbon coated particles

US Patent 7595282 Methods and compositions of controlling the rheology of a diutan-containing well treatment fluid at high temperatures

US Patent 7595284 Metal-mediated viscosity reduction of fluids gelled with viscoelastic surfactants

US Patent 7595350 Ultraporous sol gel monoliths

US Patent 7598209 Porous composites containing hydrocarbon-soluble well treatment agents and methods for using the same

US Patent 7605112 Shale inhibition

US Patent 7608207 Method for preparing a photochromic polyurethane latex and application to ophthalmic optics

US Patent 7608566 Degradable particulates as friction reducers for the flow of solid particulates and associated methods of use

US Patent 7608567 Degradable surfactants and methods for use

US Patent 7615516 Microemulsion containing oil field chemicals useful for oil and gas field applications

US Patent 7615518 Composition for denaturing and breaking down friction-reducing polymer and for destroying other oil well contaminants

US Patent 7615590 Rubber composition for clinch and pneumatic tire using the same

US Patent 7618924 Non-damaging manganese tetroxide water-based drilling fluids

US Patent 7622428 Use of aqueous dispersions for tertiary mineral oil production

US Patent 7622430 Delayed-gelation solution

US Patent 7622509 Multiphase mixing process using microchannel process technology

US Patent 7625845 Method of using thermal insulation fluid containing hollow microspheres

US Patent 7625846 Application of degradable polymers in well fluids

US Patent 7628939 Disposable chemiluminescent infrared therapy device

US Patent 7629296 Composition and method for thickening heavy aqueous brines with cationic guar

US Patent 7629299 Process for recovering residual oil employing alcohol ether sulfonates

US Patent 7629392 Silica-based sols and their production and use

US Patent 7632785 Method for simultaneous removal of asphaltene, and/or paraffin and scale from producing oil wells

US Patent 7632787 Low damage treatment fluids and methods of using the same

US Patent 7638465 Kinetic gas hydrate inhibitors in completion fluids

US Patent 7638467 Reversible gelling system and method using same during well treatments

US Patent 7638469 Methods of increasing permeability in carbonatic rock formations with alkanesulfonic acids

US Patent 7645722 Aloe derived scale inhibitor

US Patent 7645723 Method of drilling using invert emulsion drilling fluids

US Patent 7645724 Compositions and use of mono- and polyenoic acids for breaking VES-gelled fluids

US Patent 7645725 Subterranean treatment fluids with improved fluid loss control

US Patent 7648946 Methods of degrading filter cakes in subterranean formations

US Patent 7651642 Stabilized polyorganosiloxane composition

US Patent 7651980 High temperature filtration control using water based drilling fluid systems comprising water soluble polymers

US Patent 7651982 Methods and aqueous acid solutions for acidizing wells containing sludging and emulsifying oil

US Patent 7654323 Electrofused proppant, method of manufacture, and method of use

US Patent 7655603 Clean-up additive for viscoelastic surfactant based fluids

US Patent 7655604 Process of hydraulic fracturing using a viscoelastic wellbore fluid

US Patent 7655716 Solution containing flame-resistant polymer and carbon molding

US Patent 7662753 Degradable surfactants and methods for use

US Patent 7662755 Sealant compositions and methods of using the same to isolate a subterranean zone from a disposal well

US Patent 7666820 Borehole treatment agent containing low-toxic oil phase

US Patent 7666932 Compositions comprising polyphosphonates and additives that exhibit an advantageous combination of properties, and methods related thereto

US Patent 7670993 Method for simultaneous removal of asphaltene, and/or paraffin and scale from producing oil wells

US Patent 7670994 Method for treating oil and gas wells

US Patent 7671097 Stable phenolic resin polymer dispersions having low free aldehyde content

US Patent 7674753 Treatment fluids and methods of forming degradable filter cakes comprising aliphatic polyester and their use in subterranean formations

US Patent 7678742 Drill-in fluids and associated methods

US Patent 7678743 Drill-in fluids and associated methods

US Patent 7678744 Hydrocarbon industry servicing fluid and methods of performing service operations

US Patent 7678745 Viscosity reduction

US Patent 7678836 Method for rendering a contact lens wettable

US Patent 7683011 Process to prepare borozirconate solution and use as cross-linker in hydraulic fracturing fluids

US Patent 7687438 Drill-in fluids and associated methods

US Patent 7687439 Method of removing an invert emulsion filter cake after the drilling process using a single phase microemulsion

US Patent 7687440 Wellbore sealant compositions containing cationic latexes

US Patent 7691788 Compositions and methods of using same in producing heavy oil and bitumen

US Patent 7691789 Self-cleaning well control fluid

US Patent 7691790 Composition and process for enhanced oil recovery

US Patent 7691909 Aerosol gels

US Patent 7696131 Diesel oil-based invert emulsion drilling fluids and methods of drilling boreholes

US Patent 7696133 Geosynthetic composite for borehole strengthening

US Patent 7696134 Unsaturated fatty acids and mineral oils as internal breakers for VES-gelled fluids

US Patent 7696135 Use of oil-soluble surfactants as breaker enhancers for VES-gelled fluids

US Patent 7700673 Reduced oil rubber compositions including N-substituted polyalkylene succinimide derivates and methods for preparing such compositions

US Patent 7704927 Method of acid fracturing a sandstone formation

US Patent 7705099 Drilling fluid and method for reducing lost circulation

US Patent 7708913 Thermochromic coloring color-memory composition and thermochromic coloring color-memory microcapsule pigment containing the same

US Patent 7709419 Method and thermodynamic inhibitors of gas hydrates in water-based fluids

US Patent 7709420 Organophilic clays and methods for the preparation and use thereof

US Patent 7709421 Microemulsions to convert OBM filter cakes to WBM filter cakes having filtration control

US Patent 7709422 Method and composition for injection at a tunnel boring machine

US Patent 7713917 Thermal insulation compositions containing organic solvent and gelling agent and methods of using the same

US Patent 7718580 Internal-olefin composition and base oil comprising the composition for oil drilling

US Patent 7718582 Method for treating subterranean formation with enhanced viscosity foam

US Patent 7718583 Particulate material for proppant flowback control

US Patent 7718709 Oil-in-water emulsion composition

US Patent 7723264 Methods to increase recovery of treatment fluid following stimulation of a subterranean formation comprising cationic surfactant coated particles

US Patent 7723271 Method for sealing pipe in a well

US Patent 7723273 Modified epoxy-amine compositions for oil field uses

US Patent 7723274 Method for making particulate slurries and particulate slurry compositions

US Patent 7723411 Flameproof polyamide moulding materials

US Patent 7727936 Acidic treatment fluids comprising xanthan and associated methods

US Patent 7727937 Acidic treatment fluids comprising xanthan and associated methods

US Patent 7727938 Non-aqueous gels for consolidating and stabilizing wellbore formations

US Patent 7727940 Silicone-tackifier matrixes and methods of use thereof

US Patent 7732379 Non-damaging manganese tetroxide water-based drilling fluids

US Patent 7732380 Drilling fluids containing biodegradable organophilic clay

US Patent 7732381 Conductive cement formulation and application for use in wells

US Patent 7732383 Process for stabilized zirconium triethanolamine complex and uses in oil field applications

US Patent 7732384 Solid borozirconate and borotitanate cross-linkers

US Patent 7732495 Silica-based sols and their production and use

US Patent 7737090 None

US Patent 7737091 Proppants and anti-flowback additives made from sillimanite minerals, methods of manufacture, and methods of use

US Patent 7740774 Resonantly enhanced photosensitivity

US Patent 7741248 Borehole treating substance containing ether carboxylic acids

US Patent 7741249 Geosynthetic composite for borehole strengthening

US Patent 7741250 Wellbore servicing fluids comprising grafted homopolymers and methods of using same

US Patent 7741389 Resin composition and molded article

US Patent 7745378 Drilling fluid additive containing corn syrup solids

US Patent 7749942 Variable density fluids and methods of use in subterranean formations

US Patent 7749943 Method and drilling fluid systems and lost circulation pills adapted to maintain the particle size distribution of component latex particles before and after freezing of the latex particles in the presence of water

US Patent 7749945 Invert emulsion drilling fluid systems comprising an emulsified aqueous phase comprising dispersed integral latex particles

US Patent 7749946 Crosslinking composition for fracturing fluids

US Patent 7754657 Method for removing asphaltene deposits

US Patent 7754658 Crosslinked acids comprising derivatized xanthan and subterranean acidizing applications

US Patent 7754659 Reducing flow-back in well treating materials

US Patent 7754660 Process to prepare zirconium-based cross-linker compositions and their use in oil field applications

US Patent 7763570 Drilling fluid additive containing syrups

US Patent 7763572 Compositions comprising quaternary material and sorel cements

US Patent 7763665 Block polymer processing for mesostructured inorganic oxide materials

US Patent 7767628 Method for foaming a hydrocarbon drilling fluid and for producing light weight hydrocarbon fluids

US Patent 7767629 Drilling fluid containing microspheres and use thereof

US Patent 7767630 Method of treating a well with a gel stabilizer

US Patent 7767720 Large-scale colloidal crystals and macroporous polymers and method for producing

US Patent 7772160 Method for controlled placement of additives in oil and gas production

US Patent 7772161 Pre-engineered pills for the improvement of drilling muds

US Patent 7772162 Use of fluorocarbon surfactants to improve the productivity of gas and gas condensate wells

US Patent 7772163 Well treating composite containing organic lightweight material and weight modifying agent

US Patent 7772164 Multicomponent viscoelastic surfactant fluid and method of using as a fracturing fluid

US Patent 7772166 Conductive cement formulation and application for use in well

US Patent 7776235 Layer by layer self-assembly of large response molecular electro-optic materials by a desilylation strategy

US Patent 7776795 Identification, characterization, and application of

US Patent 7776797 Lost circulation compositions

US Patent 7776798 Quaternary ammonium salts as thickening agents for aqueous systems

US Patent 7781379 Drilling fluids containing biodegradable organophilic clay treated with an amide-containing quaternary ammonium surfactant

US Patent 7781381 Method for controlling inorganic fluoride scales

US Patent 7785502 Method of enabling entry of data into a computer system via a printed form

US Patent 7786050 Well treatment with ionic polymer gels

US Patent 7786051 Method of preventing or reducing fluid loss in subterranean formations

US Patent 7786052 Hydrophobically modified fluid loss additives and viscosifier products

US Patent 7786053 Highly branched polymeric materials as coating on weighting agents

US Patent 7786054 Biocide for well stimulation and treatment fluids

US Patent 7790656 Proppants and anti-flowback additives made from sillimanite minerals, methods of manufacture, and methods of use

US Patent 7790657 Process to prepare borozirconate solution and use a cross-linker in hydraulic fracturing fluids

US Patent 7795183 Asphaltene Inhibition

US Patent 7795184 Compositions and methods for preparing downhole drilling fluids

US Patent 7795185 Magnesium peroxide difunctional components for cellulose derivatives and associated methods

US Patent 7795187 Permeable zone and leak plugging using cross-linking composition comprising zirconium triethanolamine complex

US Patent 7795188 Zirconium-base cross-linker compositions and their use in high pH oil field applications

US Patent 7795189 Zirconium-hydroxy alkylated amine-hydroxy carboxylic acid cross-linking composition for use with high pH polymer solutions

US Patent 7795190 Process to prepare borozirconate solution and use as a cross-linker in hydraulic fracturing fluids

US Patent 7799247 Disposable chemiluminescent infrared therapy device

US Patent 7799741 Drilling mud containing hydrophobin

US Patent 7799742 Equivalent circulating density control in deep water drilling

US Patent 7799743 Lost circulation additive for drilling fluids

US Patent 7803743 Invert emulsion carrier fluid and oil-wetting agent and method of using same

US Patent 7803744 Carbon dioxide foamed fluids

US Patent 7811974 Modified epoxy-amine compositions for oil field uses

US Patent 7816305 Reversible surfactants and methods of use in subterranean formations

US Patent 7816411 Multiphase mixing process using microchannel process technology

US Patent 7825071 Highly branched polymeric materials as surfactants for oil-based muds

US Patent 7825072 Inhibitive water-based drilling fluid system and method for drilling sands and other water-sensitive formations

US Patent 7825073 Treatment fluids comprising clarified xanthan and associated methods

US Patent 7825074 Hydrolytically and hydrothermally stable consolidation or change in the wetting behavior of geological formations

US Patent 7829506 Clay stabilizing aqueous drilling fluids

US Patent 7829508 Methods and compositions of controlling the rheology of a diutan-containing well treatment fluid at high temperatures

US Patent 7829510 Sand aggregating reagents, modified sands, and methods for making and using same

US Patent 7833943 Microemulsifiers and methods of making and using same

US Patent 7833944 Methods and compositions using crosslinked aliphatic polyesters in well bore applications

US Patent 7833946 Water-based drilling fluid

US Patent 7833947 Method for treatment of a well using high solid content fluid delivery

US Patent 7833948 CO

US Patent 7833950 Degradable fiber systems for stimulation

US Patent 7838467 Microemulsions to convert OBM filter cakes to WBM filter cakes having filtration control

US Patent 7838469 Fusing materials for prevention of lost circulation

US Patent 7842650 Mixture for improved foaming in the extraction of petroleum or natural gas

US Patent 7842651 Silicate drilling fluid composition containing lubricating agents and uses thereof

US Patent 7846876 Surfactant composition

US Patent 7846877 Methods for treating a well using a treatment fluid containing a water-soluble polysaccharide, a water-soluble salt, and urea

US Patent 7846878 Friction reducer performance in water containing multivalent ions

US Patent 7851414 Microemulsion containing oil field chemicals useful for oil and gas field applications

US Patent 7851415 Adaptive cementitious composites for well completions

US Patent 7851417 Process to prepare borozirconate solution and use as cross-linker in hydraulic fracturing fluids

US Patent 7851513 Silica-based sols and their production and use

US Patent 7854863 Functional materials for use in optical systems

US Patent 7855168 Method and composition for removing filter cake

US Patent 7855169 Use of fluorocarbon surfactants to improve the productivity of gas and gas condensate wells

US Patent 7855170 Homogenous synthetic mud-to-cement cementing glasses

US Patent 7858561 Degradable polymers for wellbore fluids and processes

US Patent 7858563 Wellbore treatment with hydrocarbon-responsive fluid containing oligomeric viscoelastic surfactant

US Patent 7858564 Well fluid comprising a fluorinated liquid phase

US Patent 7863223 Oil-based insulating packer fluid

US Patent 7863224 Wellbore servicing compositions comprising a set retarding agent and methods of making and using same

US Patent 7867951 Viscoelastic cationic carbohydrate ether compositions

US Patent 7867953 Methods of using drilling fluids containing biodegradable organophilic clay

US Patent 7867954 Pumice containing compositions for cementing a well

US Patent 7871963 Tunable surfactants for oil recovery applications

US Patent 7871964 Compositions and methods for mitigating or preventing emulsion formation in hydrocarbon bodies

US Patent 7875574 Method of treating a formation using deformable proppants

US Patent 7875575 Compositions and methods for water and gas shut-off in subterranean wells with VES fluids

US Patent 7879770 Oxidative internal breaker for viscoelastic surfactant fluids

US Patent 7879771 Non-flammable, non-aqueous group IVB metal alkoxide crosslinkers and fracturing fluid compositions incorporating same

US Patent 7884055 Ceramic microspheres for cementing applications

US Patent 7884056 Composition that can form a gel comprising a copolymer, and useful copolymers

US Patent 7888294 Energy recovery and reuse for gel production

US Patent 7888295 Crosslinked polymer solutions and methods of use

US Patent 7888296 Composition and method for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir

US Patent 7893009 Polymers and their production and use as gas hydrate inhibitors

US Patent 7893010 Composition and method for fluid recovery from well

US Patent 7893011 Compositions comprising Sorel cements and oil based fluids

US Patent 7893114 Silica-based sols and their production and use

US Patent 7897063 Composition for denaturing and breaking down friction-reducing polymer and for destroying other gas and oil well contaminants

US Patent 7897545 Fluid loss compositions and methods of use for subterranean operations

US Patent 7897546 Composition and method for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir

US Patent 7902123 Microemulsion cleaning composition

US Patent 7902124 Self-diverting acid treatment with formic-acid-free corrosion inhibitor

US Patent 7902127 Composition and method for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir

US Patent 7902128 Water-in-oil emulsions with hydrogel droplets background

US Patent 7906461 Thermally stable compositions and use thereof in drilling fluids

US Patent 7906462 Mutual solvent system and method for improved oil and gas permeability in high temperature formations

US Patent 7906463 Biocide for well stimulation and treatment fluids

US Patent 7906464 Compositions and methods for the removal of oil-based filtercakes

US Patent 7915202 Clay control additive for wellbore fluids

US Patent 7915203 Secondary emulsifiers for inverted emulsion fluids and methods for making and using same

US Patent 7915205 Single fluid acidizing treatment

US Patent 7919437 Wellbore fluid comprising sulfonated copolymers with pendant alkyl groups

US Patent 7923413 Lost circulation material for oilfield use

US Patent 7923414 Rheology modifier comprising a tetrakis(hydroxyalkyl) phosphonium salt for polymer fluids

US Patent 7923415 Methods to reduce settling rate of solids in a treatment fluid

US Patent 7923416 Method of reducing the viscosity of hydrocarbon fluids

US Patent 7923418 Emulsion breaker

US Patent 7928039 Reversible emulsions stabilized by amphiphilic polymers

US Patent 7928041 Methods of treating a portion of a well with a polymer or polymer system capable of forming a gel that dissolves at a low and high pH

US Patent 7928042 Composition and method for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir

US Patent 7932214 Foamed gel systems for fracturing subterranean formations, and methods for making and using same

US Patent 7932215 Methods of treating a portion of a well with a polymer or polymer system capable of forming a gel that dissolves at a low and high pH

US Patent 7932216 Non-phosphorus-based gellants for hydrocarbon fluids

US Patent 7935662 System, method, and apparatus for injection well clean-up operations

US Patent 7935775 Mannich bases and processes for the preparation of mannich bases

US Patent 7939469 Use of CMC in drilling fluids

US Patent 7939470 Invert emulsion drilling fluids comprising quaternary ammonium emulsifiers and argillaceous solids and methods of drilling boreholes

US Patent 7939471 Subterranean treatment fluids comprising viscoelastic surfactant gels

US Patent 7939472 Metal-mediated viscosity reduction of fluids gelled with viscoelastic surfactants

US Patent 7943554 Wellbore fluid comprising at least one polymer containing pendant alkyl groups

US Patent 7947627 Fluid loss control agent with triggerable removal mechanism

US Patent 7947629 Method of acidizing sandstone formations

US Patent 7947630 Compositions comprising at least two different polymeric microparticles and methods for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir

US Patent 7947632 Gelled hydrocarbons for oilfield processes, phosphate ester compounds useful in gellation of hydrocarbons and methods for production and use thereof

US Patent 7951754 Environmentally friendly bis-quaternary compounds for inhibiting corrosion and removing hydrocarbonaceous deposits in oil and gas applications

US Patent 7951866 Transparent resin molding, optical lens, and optical film

US Patent 7956012 Oil field treatment fluids with viscosified brines

US Patent 7956013 Compositions having pH-dependent viscosity, thickener systems containing the same, and uses therefor

US Patent 7956015 Equivalent circulating density control in deep water drilling

US Patent 7956016 Methods to control fluid loss in a well bore

US Patent 7956017 Aggregating reagents, modified particulate metal-oxides and proppants

US Patent 7960314 Microemulsifiers and methods of making and using same

US Patent 7960316 Corrosion inhibitor intensifier compositions and associated methods

US Patent 7963329 Recovery and recycling of chemicals in chemical flooding process

US Patent 7964537 Air drilling misting fluid contains syrups

US Patent 7964538 Homogenous synthetic mud-to-cement cementing glasses

US Patent 7964539 Well treatment

US Patent 7968500 Gas hydrate protection with heat producing two-component gas hydrate inhibitors

US Patent 7968501 Crosslinker suspension compositions and uses thereof

US Patent 7972542 Layer by layer self-assembly of large response molecular electro-optic materials by a desilylation strategy

US Patent 7972995 Drilling fluid additive containing heated syrup solids

US Patent 7972996 Gelled hydrocarbons for oilfield processes, phosphate ester compounds useful in gellation of hydrocarbons and methods for production and use thereof

US Patent 7977284 Non-estrogenic alkylphenol derivatives

US Patent 7977285 Hydrocarbon fluid compositions and methods for using same

US Patent 7981845 Partially neutralized polyhydroxy acids for well treatments

US Patent 7985717 Methods of using drilling fluids containing biodegradable organophilic clay

US Patent 7985718 Use of surfactant mixtures for tertiary mineral oil extraction

US Patent 7989400 Viscosified treatment fluids comprising scleroglucan or diutan and associated methods

US Patent 7989401 Block copolymers for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir

US Patent 7989402 Functionalized clay compositions for aqueous based drilling fluids

US Patent 7994100 Reversible gelling system and method using same during well treatments

US Patent 7998905 Drilling fluid containing chlorosulfonated alpha-olefin copolymers

US Patent 7998906 Methods and compositions for treating subterranean formations

US Patent 7998910 Treatment fluids comprising relative permeability modifiers and methods of use

US Patent 7998911 Environmental friendly fracturing and stimulation composition and method of using the same

US Patent 8003573 Method for remediating flow-restricting hydrate deposits in production systems

US Patent 8003574 Inhibiting naphthenate solids and emulsions in crude oil

US Patent 8003576 Friction modifier for drilling fluids

US Patent 8003579 Oil-, hot water-and heat-resistant binders, process for preparing them and their use

US Patent 8003580 Consolidated proppants having high mechanical strength and process for the preparation thereof

US Patent 8003581 Iron control agent

US Patent 8008234 Method and composition comprising at least three different average particle volume particulates for low damage gravel packing

US Patent 8008236 Ortho ester breakers for viscoelastic surfactant gels and associated methods