US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on May 27 for "Treating fluid comprising hydrocarbons, water, and polymer" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,534, issued on May 27, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Treating fluid comprising hydrocarbons, water, and polymer" was invented by Sumitra Subrahmanyan (San Ramon, Calif.), Gayani W. Pinnawala (San Ramon, Calif.), Sophany Thach (San Ramon, Calif.), Gregory A. Winslow (San Ramon, Calif.), Dennis A. Alexis (San Ramon, Calif.), Harold C. Linnemeyer (San Ramon, Calif.), Timothy P. Theriot (San Ramon, Calif.), Les Leszek Jackowski (San Ramon, Calif.) and Francesca Cibotti (San Ramon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of treating fluid comprising hydrocarbons, water, and polymer being produced from...