US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Dec. 2 for "Stabilizing acrolein in carbonate sol vents" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,211, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Stabilizing acrolein in carbonate sol vents" was invented by Sankaran Murugesan (Katy, Texas), Zhengwei Liu (Houston), Onome Ugono (Rosenberg, Texas), Jerry J. Weers (Richmond, Texas) and Sanyo Mathew (Missouri City, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Acrolein is a useful additive for treating hydrocarbon fluids, such as crude oil, for multiple purposes including, but not necessarily limited to, reducing or preventing microbial activity, scavenging hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and/or at least partially dissolving iron sulfide (FexSy). Acrolein can be ...