US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on July 1 for "Solid drag reduction additive and methods of using same" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,797, issued on July 1, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Solid drag reduction additive and methods of using same" was invented by Brandon M. Vittur (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of reducing drag in a flowing hydrocarbon include introducing to the flowing hydrocarbon an amount of a solid drag reducing additive effective to improve the flow, the solid drag reducing additive including a polymer particle prepared from at least one polar monomer and a percent by weight (wt %) of liquid of 50 wt % or less. Methods also include producing a solid drag reducing additive that includes forming a p...