US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Oct. 21 for "Use of zirconium salts as scale inhibitor squeeze enhancers" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,560, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Use of zirconium salts as scale inhibitor squeeze enhancers" was invented by Alex Yi-Tsung Lu (Houston) and Zhiwei Yue (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods can include contacting an aqueous fluid including a zirconium salt with a scale inhibitor in a subterranean formation to form a zirconium salt/scale inhibitor complex, and systems related thereto."

The patent was filed on July 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/221,698.

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