US Patent Issued to LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO on June 24 for "Microbial surfactants to prevent and/or remove asphaltene deposits" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,391, issued on June 24, was assigned to LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO LLC (Solon, Ohio).

"Microbial surfactants to prevent and/or remove asphaltene deposits" was invented by Amir Mahmoudkhani (Solon, Ohio), Jonathan Rogers (Solon, Ohio) and Janaina Izabel Da Silva De Aguiar (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention provides compositions and methods for improving oil and/or gas production efficiency. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods utilize microbial surfactants, namely, glycolipids, to prevent the flocculation, precipitation and/or deposition of asphaltenes present in crude oil."

The patent was filed ...