Biomimetic adhesive compositions comprising a phenolic polymer and methods for use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9670386-B2
Application number	US-201414520379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2014
Priority date	May 23, 2012
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

Biomimetic adhesive compositions can be used in various aspects of subterranean treatment operations. Methods for treating a subterranean formation can comprise: providing an adhesive composition that comprises a first polymer comprising a plurality of monomers that comprise a phenolic moiety, a biopolymer that is crosslinkable with the first polymer, a crosslinking agent, and an oxidizing agent; introducing the adhesive composition into a subterranean formation; and forming a coacervate-bound surface in the subterranean formation by crosslinking the first polymer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An adhesive composition consisting of:
a first polymer comprising a plurality of monomers that comprise a 1,2-dihydroxybenzene moiety, the first polymer having a polymer backbone comprising 5 or fewer continuous amino acids joined in sequence by peptidic bonds;
wherein the polymer backbone contains the 1,2-dihydroxybenzene moiety as a polymer side chain and is selected from the group consisting of a polyamide, a polyalkylene, a polystyrene, a polyurethane, and a copolymer thereof;

a second polymer that is crosslinkable with the first polymer;
wherein a ratio of the first polymer to the second polymer in the adhesive composition ranges between about 1:1 to about 1:10;

a crosslinking agent; and
an oxidizing agent comprising an oxidizing anion selected from the group consisting of perborate, percarbonate, chlorate, chlorite, bromate, and any combination thereof.

2. The adhesive composition of claim 1 , wherein the first polymer is internally crosslinked, crosslinked with the second polymer, or both.

3. The adhesive composition of claim 1 , wherein the crosslinking agent comprises a transition metal ion.

4. The adhesive composition of claim 1 , wherein the second polymer comprises a biopolymer selected from the group consisting of chitosan, collagen, keratin, elastin, chitin, cellulose, mucin, any derivative thereof, and any combination thereof.

5. The adhesive composition of claim 1 , wherein the first polymer comprises a copolymer of the monomers comprising the 1,2-dihydroxybenzene moiety and at least one other copolymer unit.

6. The adhesive composition of claim 5 , wherein the at least one other copolymer unit comprises a styrenic polymer unit, a vinylic polymer unit, a fluoropolymer unit, or a polymer unit comprising a monomer selected from the group consisting of hydroxyproline, dihydroxyproline, 4-hydroxyarginine, O-phosphoserine, any derivative thereof, and any combination thereof.

7. An adhesive composition consisting of:
a first polymer comprising a plurality of monomers that comprise a 1,2-dihydroxybenzene moiety, the first polymer having a polymer backbone comprising 5 or fewer continuous amino acids joined in sequence by peptidic bonds;
wherein the polymer backbone contains the 1,2-dihydroxybenzene moiety as a polymer side chain and is selected from the group consisting of a polyamide, a polyalkylene, a polystyrene, a polyurethane, and a copolymer thereof;

a second polymer that is crosslinkable with the first polymer;
a crosslinking agent;
a non-crosslinkable polymer; and
an oxidizing agent comprising an oxidizing anion selected from the group consisting of perborate, percarbonate, chlorate, chlorite, bromate, and any combination thereof.

8. The adhesive composition of claim 7 , wherein the first polymer is internally crosslinked, crosslinked with the second polymer, or both.

9. The adhesive composition of claim 7 , wherein the crosslinking agent comprises a transition metal ion.

10. The adhesive composition of claim 7 , wherein the second polymer comprises a biopolymer selected from the group consisting of chitosan, collagen, keratin, elastin, chitin, cellulose, mucin, any derivative thereof, and any combination thereof.

11. The adhesive composition of claim 7 , wherein the first polymer comprises a copolymer of the monomers comprising the 1,2-dihydroxybenzene moiety and at least one other copolymer unit.

12. The adhesive composition of claim 11 , wherein the at least one other copolymer unit comprises a styrenic polymer unit, a vinylic polymer unit, a fluoropolymer unit, or a polymer unit comprising a monomer selected from the group consisting of hydroxyproline, dihydroxyproline, 4-hydroxyarginine, O-phosphoserine, any derivative thereof, and any combination thereof.

13. An adhesive composition consisting of:
a first polymer comprising a plurality of monomers that comprise a 1,2-dihydroxybenzene moiety, the first polymer having a polymer backbone comprising 5 or fewer continuous amino acids joined in sequence by peptidic bonds;
wherein the polymer backbone contains the 1,2-dihydroxybenzene moiety as a polymer side chain and is selected from the group consisting of a polyamide, a polyalkylene, a polystyrene, a polyurethane, and a copolymer thereof;

a second polymer that is crosslinkable with the first polymer;
wherein a ratio of the first polymer to the second polymer in the adhesive composition ranges between about 1:1 to about 1:10; and

an oxidizing agent comprising an oxidizing anion selected from the group consisting of perborate, percarbonate, chlorate, chlorite, bromate, and any combination thereof.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Reyes Enrique A
• Boontheung Pinmanee
• Tonmukayakul Narongsak

Classifications

• C09K8/5758 Primary

  of natural origin, e.g. polysaccharides, cellulose (C09K8/5756 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C08L89/06

  derived from leather or skin {, e.g. gelatin} · CPC title

• C08L5/08

  Chitin; Chondroitin sulfate; Hyaluronic acid; Derivatives thereof · CPC title

• C09J201/06

  containing oxygen atoms {(C09J201/025 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C09J189/00

  Adhesives based on proteins; Adhesives based on derivatives thereof · CPC title