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.