BETA-AMINO ESTER GAS HYDRATE INHIBITORS

• Main Authors: ACOSTA, Erick J, CAO, Tran-Bich
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.05.2018
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; ADHESIVES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DYES; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; POLISHES; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

Disclosed herein are beta-amino ester surfactant compounds and compositions useful in applications relating to inhibition of gas hydrate agglomerates in the production, transportation, storage, and separation of crude oil and natural gas. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the compounds and compositions as gas hydrate inhibitors, particularly in applications relating to the production, transportation, storage, and separation of crude oil and natural gas.