ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,755, issued on July 8, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Breaker fluids for removal of polyolefin residue" was invented by Chetan Prakash (Pune, India), Sarai Santos (Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico), Lalit Pandurang Salgaonkar (Pune, India), Enrique Antonio Reyes (Houston), Marisol Mendez (Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico) and Julio Estuardo Vasquez Estrada (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Breaker fluids for removing polyolefin agglomerations from wellbore equipment and subterranean formations. An example breaker fluid includes an acid, at least one oxidizer, a corrosion inhibitor, a surfactant, an asphaltene rem...