US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Oct. 7 for "Treatment fluids for acid stimulation operations and methods related thereto" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,263, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Treatment fluids for acid stimulation operations and methods related thereto" was invented by Rajesh Kumar Saini (Cypress, Texas), Mohammed Sayed (Katy, Texas) and Amy J. Cairns (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Treatment fluids for acid stimulation operations and methods related thereto. Treatment fluids comprise: an aqueous acid solution comprising a mineral acid and an organic acid; and a retardation additive comprising: 1-15 wt % of an oleaginous liquid; 5-30 wt % of a fatty alkyl alcohol ethoxylate; 2-40 wt % of at least one of a fatt...