Pipeline gel plug

Details Pipeline gel plug Pipeline gel plug

1980-01-29

1983-04-12

Lovering, Richard D.

Compositions: coating or plastic

Coating or plastic compositions

Aluminum compound containing

166294, 252 855R, 405157, 405158, 405171, B01J 1300, C09K 300

Patent

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043797229

ABSTRACT:
A gel plug of mineral oil, organo-modified smectite, and a particulate filler such as powdered coal, or a gel plug of mineral oil and organo-modified smectite is employed during construction of an off-shore pipeline to separate a gas-filled portion of the pipeline from a water-flooded portion, and to facilitate control and movement of a gas/gel plug/water interface as desired to assist in construction operations.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2531440 (1950-11-01), Jordan
patent: 3705107 (1972-12-01), Hoeppel
patent: 3890693 (1975-06-01), Eagleton et al.
patent: 4040974 (1977-08-01), Wright et al.
patent: 4052862 (1977-10-01), Lamy
Nelson: Petroleum Refinery Engineering, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1958, pp. 215-218, 685 and 686.

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