US Patent Issued to The Penn State Research Foundation on June 17 for "Using graphite nano-platelets to improve the integrity of oil and gas wells" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,242, issued on June 17, was assigned to The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pa.).

"Using graphite nano-platelets to improve the integrity of oil and gas wells" was invented by Arash Dahi Taleghani (University Park, Pa.) and Seyedeh Maryam Tabatabaei (State College, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to use of graphite nanoplatelets (GnP) to enhance the mechanical and durability characteristics of cement that may be used as cement sheaths in wellbores of oil and gas wells. Generally, undesired permeability of cement is caused by diffusion of trapped oil and/or natural gas through the cementitious ma...