US Patent Issued to ChampionX on July 15 for "Method for dispersing kinetic hydrate inhibitors" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,113, issued on July 15, was assigned to ChampionX LLC (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Method for dispersing kinetic hydrate inhibitors" was invented by Jeremy Wayne Bartels (Sugar Land, Texas), Regan Andrew Jones (Sugar Land, Texas), Kevin Patrick McNamee (Banchory, Great Britain) and Thomas M. Weathers Jr. (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and dispersing agents for dispersing a polymeric low dose hydrate inhibitor are disclosed. More specifically, the method comprises contacting an aqueous fluid containing a polymeric low dose hydrate inhibitor with a dispersing agent. The dispersing agent can be selected from the group cons...