US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on May 27 for "Functionalized nanoparticles and polymers for foamer applications in upstream environments" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,535, issued on May 27, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Functionalized nanoparticles and polymers for foamer applications in upstream environments" was invented by Leonardo Franca (Katy, Texas), Tomasa Ledesma (Houston), Rostyslav Dolog (Houston), Radhika Suresh (Sugar Land, Texas) and Daniel Fakunle (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Functionalized foaming agents can be used to produce and improve stabilized foamers for use in the recovery of petroleum products from subterranean formations. In some embodiments, the functionalized foaming agent includes at least one nanoparticle, at least one poly...