ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,114, issued on July 15, was assigned to OLEON NV (Evergem, Belgium).

"Composition comprising polyglycerol-10 fatty acid ester for recovering oil in tight oil reservoirs" was invented by Alys Castel (Margny-les-Compiegne, France), Julien Deligny (Venette, France) and Pieter Struelens (Gooik, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a composition and a method to use it for releasing the oil trapped in tight oil reservoirs."

The patent was filed on Dec. 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/396,348.

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