US Patent Issued to Tersus Environmental on Jan. 13 for "Method and system for in-situ remediation using surfactant-free oil-in water emulsion" (North Carolina, Oklahoma, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,766, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Tersus Environmental LLC (Wake Forrest, N.C.).

"Method and system for in-situ remediation using surfactant-free oil-in water emulsion" was invented by Gary M. Birk (Wake Forest, N.C.), David F. Alden (Worcester, Mass.), Lucas Collin Condes (Norman, Okla.), Michael Taylor Warren (Norman, Okla.) and Jeffrey Harry Harwell (Norman, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system for in-situ remediation of recalcitrant organic and inorganic contaminants in an environmental medium are disclosed. Dissolved gases from water and an oil are removed to form degassed water and a degassed oil. Th...