US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Oct. 14 for "Treatment fluid stabilized to prevent polymer reaction" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,929, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Treatment fluid stabilized to prevent polymer reaction" was invented by Antonio Recio III (Kingwood, Texas), I Wayan Rakananda Saputra (Houston) and Denise Benoit (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water-based carrier-fluid system comprising a brine formed from water saturated with at least one saturation salt, a viscoelastic surfactant, and one or more salt crystals. The water-based carrier-fluid system is formed by adding the viscoelastic surfactant to the brine to produce a first mixture prior to the one or more salt crystals being added to...