US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on March 25 for "Non-greasing lubricant for high salinity fluids" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,514, issued on March 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Non-greasing lubricant for high salinity fluids" was invented by Sharad Bhimrao Gotmukle (Pune, India), Nivika Rajendra Gupta (Pune, India) and Mahesh Vijay Biyani (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant composition containing a vegetable oil, a degreasing agent, and a non-ionic surfactant. The vegetable oil may be soybean oil, the degreasing agent may be ethyl lactate, and the non-ionic surfactant may comprise sorbitan esters, polyethoxylated sorbitan esters, or a combination thereof. Also provided is a wellbore servicing fluid con...