ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,827, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Multicomponent nanocapsules for enhanced oil recovery" was invented by Amr Ismail Abdel-Fattah (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Ahmed Wasel Alsmaeil (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Afnan Mashat (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multicomponent nanocapsule composition comprising a core particle, an oil phase encapsulating the core particle, and an aqueous phase in which the encapsulated core particle is suspended is provided. The porous particle includes a cationic surfactant encapsulated in a porous particle. The oil phase includes an...