Patent ID: 9630139
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B01D,C09K,E21B

Claim:
1. A method of reducing the amount of hydrogen sulfide in a hydrocarbon-containing fluid, the method comprising: contacting the hydrocarbon-containing fluid with a treatment fluid including a functionalized alpha-hydroxy alkyl ether, wherein the hydrogen sulfide reacts with the functionalized alpha-hydroxy alkyl ether to reduce an amount of the hydrogen sulfide in the hydrocarbon-containing fluid, and wherein the functionalized alpha-hydroxy alkyl ether is selected from glycerol bis hemiformal mono phosphate ether, oligomeric glycerol bis hemiformal di-phosphate ether, glycerol bis hemiformal mono sulfate ether, oligomeric glycerol bis hemiformal di-sulfate ether, or a combination thereof; wherein the hydrocarbon-containing fluid is a production fluid that has been produced from a subterranean formation.