ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,632, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Method for quantification of loss of injectivity associated with corrosion products" was invented by Aline Machado De Azevedo Novaes (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Rafaella Magliano Balbi De Faria (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention addresses to a method for quantifying the loss of injectivity associated with corrosion products, comprising a methodology to estimate the suspended solids generated from the corrosion process of injection strings, aiming at allowing the identification of wells with pr...