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(11) EP 4 540 295 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
23.04.2025 Bulletin 2025/17

(21) Application number: 23732097.3

(22) Date of filing: 12.06.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C08F 220/06(2006.01)
C08F 2/10(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
C08F 220/06; C08F 2/10; C08F 4/34; C08F 4/04; C09K 8/528
 
C-Sets:
C08F 220/06, C08F 220/20;
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2023/065571
(87) International publication number:
WO 2023/242077 (21.12.2023 Gazette 2023/51)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 14.06.2022 EP 22178990

(71) Applicant: BASF SE
67056 Ludwigshafen am Rhein (DE)

(72) Inventors:
  • LAFUENTE CERDA, Oscar
    83308 Trostberg (DE)
  • REICHENBACH-KLINKE, Roland
    83308 Trostberg (DE)
  • WOHLFAHRT, Markus
    83308 Trostberg (DE)
  • SCHOLZ, Christian
    83308 Trostberg (DE)
  • FLAKUS-TAUBE, Silke
    83308 Trostberg (DE)

(74) Representative: BASF IP Association 
BASF SE GBI - Z078
67056 Ludwigshafen
67056 Ludwigshafen (DE)

   


(54) METHOD OF MAKING WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMERS FOR USE AS SHALE ENCAPSULATORS FOR DRILLING FLUIDS