US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on Feb. 17 for "Method for single-stage treatment of siliceous subterranean formations" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,327, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Method for single-stage treatment of siliceous subterranean formations" was invented by Haiyan Zhao (Houston), Murtaza Ziauddin (Houston), Temiloluwa Iyenoma Yusuf (Houston), Patrice Abivin (Houston) and Juan-Carlos Santamaria (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for treating a siliceous geologic formation are described herein. An aqueous treatment composition for treating such formations includes a mixture of acids, an HF source, and a fluoride scale inhibitor. A pH of the aqueous treatment composition is between a...