Patent ID: 6989357

Claim:
A process for forming a drag reducing agent, the process comprising: contacting an alpha olefin monomer with at least one catalyst in a reactant mixture; polymerizing the alpha olefin monomer, wherein during the polymerization at least a portion of the alpha olefin monomer polymerize in the reactant mixture to provide an ultra-high molecular weight polyalphaolefin; cryogrinding the ultra-high molecular weight polyalphaolefin to form a cryoground polyalphaolefin having a cryoground polyalphaolefin weight; and contacting the cryoground polyalphaolefin with at least one water insoluble alcohol for a period of time and at a temperature sufficient to form an alcohol absorbed polyalphaolefin having an alcohol absorbed polyalphaolefin weight that is at least 0.5% greater than the polyalphaolefin weight.