Amine adducts, derivatives thereof, methods for making such adducts and derivatives, and methods for using such adducts and derivatives

An amine adduct is made by (1) forming an addition intermediate by heating a mixture comprising at least one diene and at least one unsaturated fatty acyl compound, and reacting the addition intermediate with a diamine to form the amine adduct, or by (2) reacting at least one unsaturated fatty acyl compound with at least one diamine to form an amine intermediate, and heating a mixture of the amidoamine intermediate and at least one diene to form the amine adduct, or by (3) reacting at least one unsaturated fatty tertiary amine compound with at least at least one diene to form the amine adduct. A surfactant composition is derived from the amine adduct and is particularly useful in a method for enhancing the recovery of oil from a reservoir having a production wellbore, comprising introducing an aqueous flooding fluid into the reservoir at one or more locations different from the location of the production wellbore, said fluid comprising the surfactant composition and recovering the oil through the production wellbore.