US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Sept. 2 for "Single-phase retarded acid systems using amino acids" (American, Emirati Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,447, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Single-phase retarded acid systems using amino acids" was invented by Haiyan Zhao (Sugar Land, Texas), Murtaza Ziauddin (Katy, Texas), Philippe Enkababian (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Temiloluwa Yusuf (Sugar Land, Texas) and Patrice Abivin (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Treatment of hydrocarbon formations using single-phase aqueous acid blends that contain lysine is described herein. The single-phase aqueous fluid includes one or more strong acid molecules and lysine in water, wherein the one or more strong acid molecules are pr...