US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on July 8 for "Compositions containing friction reducers and methods of using thereof in oil and gas operations" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,149, issued on July 8, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Compositions containing friction reducers and methods of using thereof in oil and gas operations" was invented by Gojko Matovic (Houston), Nabijan Nizamidin (Houston), Michael Ogechukwuka Unomah (Midland, Texas), Do Hoon Kim (Katy, Texas), Varadarajan Dwarakanath (Houston), Taimur Malik (Houston), Gayani W. Pinnawala (Katy, Texas), Dennis A. Alexis (Richmond, Texas) and Samuel Wei-en Lau (Bellaire, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are compositions and methods for use in oil and gas operations. The methods can decrease pressure drop along a l...