US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Sept. 30 for "Functionalized nanoparticles as wetability modifier" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,592, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Functionalized nanoparticles as wetability modifier" was invented by Valerie Gisele Helene Lafitte (Sugar Land, Texas) and Juan David Estrada Benavides (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of stimulating a subterranean formation includes preparing an aqueous dispersion including one or more cellulosic nanoparticles. The cellulosic nanoparticles have respective surfaces functionalized with one or more hydrophilic polymers or ligands, one or more hydrophobic polymers or ligands, or a combination thereof. The method also include...