This invention relates to a process of enhanced oil recovery by sweeping an underground formation comprising injecting into the underground formation an injection fluid comprising at least one water-soluble LCST macromonomeric polymer.

The present invention provides a water-absorbent resin that has excellent water-absorption performance with respect to salt water; a water-blocking agent including the water-absorbent resin; and a method for producing the water-absorbent resin.

The water-absorbent resin of the present invention includes a partially neutralized polyacrylic acid having a crosslinked structure and has a swelling height of 3.5 mm/0.5 g or more with respect to 3.3 mass % salt water, as determined under the following measurement conditions.

Measurement Conditions for Salt Water Swelling Height

0.5 g of water-absorbent resin particles are sprayed over a circular concave cup having a height of 30 mm and an inner diameter of 80.5 mm. A nonwoven fabric 4 is spread thereon. A circular convex cylinder having an outer diameter of 80 mm is placed on the nonwoven fabric, and 55 g of 3.3 mass % salt water at 20° C. is poured into the circular concave cup. One minute after the start of water absorption by the water-absorbent resin particles, the degree that the circular convex cylinder is pushed up due to swelling of the water-absorbent resin particles is measured as a salt water swelling height of the water-absorbent resin.

Water-in-oil lattices of water soluble polymers and methods of using the same are presented. The lattices are made, used, and stored having about 15 wt % to 70 wt % polymer solids and further include one or more alkyl ricinoleates. We have found that C1-C6 alkyl ricinoleates added to such lattices facilitate rapid and complete dilution to less than or equal to 1 wt % polymer solids in a continuous water phase. In particular under conditions wherein the water source used to invert the latex is provided at low temperature (−10° C. to 10° C.), or includes a high level of total dissolved solids, or is both low temperature and high total dissolved solids.

Water-in-oil lattices of water soluble polymers and methods of using the same are presented. The lattices are made, used, and stored having about 15 wt % to 70 wt % polymer solids and further include one or more alkyl ricinoleates. We have found that C1-C6 alkyl ricinoleates added to such lattices facilitate rapid and complete dilution to less than or equal to 1 wt % polymer solids in a continuous water phase. In particular under conditions wherein the water source used to invert the latex is provided at low temperature (−10° C. to 10° C.), or includes a high level of total dissolved solids, or is both low temperature and high total dissolved solids.

The present application relates to a water-in-oil reverse emulsion comprising an oil; water; at least one water-soluble cationic copolymer with an average molar mass of more than 3 million daltons, containing between 18 and 32 mole % of cationic monomers and 68 and 82 mole of nonionic monomers; at least one reversing agent and at least one emulsifying agent, the weight ratio R of the total amount of reversing agent to the total amount of emulsifying agent being greater than 1.8, the reversing agent being selected from an ethoxylated nonylphenol, preferably having between 4 and 10 ethoxylations; an ethoxylated/propoxylated alcohol, preferably having ethoxylations/propoxylations so as to have a total carbon number between C12 and C25, an ethoxylated tridecyl alcohol and an ethoxylated/propoxylated fatty alcohol. the emulsifying agent being selected from sorbitan monooleate, polyethoxylated sorbitan esters or diethanolamide of tall oil fatty acids, and its use in hydraulic fracturing.

Methods for forming latexes are provided. In an embodiment, such a method comprises adding a monomer emulsion comprising water, a monomer, an acidic monomer, a hydrophilic monomer, a difunctional monomer, a first reactive surfactant, and a chain transfer agent, to a reactive surfactant solution comprising water, a second reactive surfactant, and an initiator, at a feed rate over a period of time so that monomers of the monomer emulsion undergo polymerization reactions to form resin particles in a latex. The reactive surfactant solution does not comprise monomers other than the second reactive surfactant, the reactive surfactant solution does not comprise a resin seed, and the monomer emulsion does not comprise the resin seed. The latex is characterized by a viscosity in a range of from about 10 cP to about 100 cP as measured at a solid content of about 30% and at room temperature. The latexes are also provided.

A consumer product comprising a biodegradable delivery particle having a benefit agent containing core and a shell.

A consumer product comprising a biodegradable delivery particle having a benefit agent containing core and a shell.

A consumer product comprising a biodegradable delivery particle having a benefit agent containing core and a shell.

A consumer product comprising a biodegradable delivery particle having a benefit agent containing core and a shell.