The invention discloses a preparation method of an associated modified
xanthan gum, which is characterized by adding 20 parts of
xanthan gum with a medium or low molecular weight, 10-900 parts of solvents, and 0.01-15 parts of catalysts, on a weight basis, into a three-mouth reaction
bottle equipped with a
reflux condensation device, stirring and swelling the mixture at
room temperature for 24 hours; then increasing the temperature to 30-95 DEG C, slowly adding 0.1-20 parts of phenyl ring-containing chlorinated
hydrocarbon modifiers, and reacting for 4-72 hours; precipitating and washing the products by
acetone, n-
propanol or isopropanol to remove unreacted modifiers and catalysts, and filtering;
drying in a vacuum oven at 30-70 DEG C for 4-8 hour so as to obtain the associated modifiedxanthan gum. Compared with unmodified xanthan gums, the associated modified
xanthan gum has better tackifying performance,
heat resistance,
salt resistance, and
aging resistance, and has a lower using amount. The associated modified xanthan gum with a medium or low molecular weight can be used as an
oil displacement agent for
tertiary oil
recovery in medium and low-permeability oil reservoir, andcan also be used as a
thickening agent in
drilling fluid; the associated modified xanthan gum can be crosslinked with an inorganic or organic agent to obtain a weak gel used as an
oil displacement agent, a profile control and
oil displacement agent, a profile control agent, or a plugging agent.