ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,138, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to REACTION 35 LLC (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
"Viscosifier removal from brines" was invented by Peter K. Stoimenov (Goleta, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process includes supplying a waste completion fluid including a viscosifier polymer; and treating the waste completion fluid with a non-oxidizing inorganic acid to form a metal bromide brine. The process also includes coagulating the viscosifier polymer and collecting the viscosifier polymer."
The patent was filed on Jan. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/096,804.
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