ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,885, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Scale control in oilfield produced waters" was invented by Qiwei Wang (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Tao Chen (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include scale control in oilfield produced waters. Thermodynamic data indicative of surface conditions and subterranean conditions of a subterranean region including a well is received, from probes. An acidity of a produced water stream to be disposed in the well is received from a pH meter. A supersaturation degree of the produced water stream to be disposed in the wel...