US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on June 30 for "Method to treat and minimize sludge from biorefineries" (Texas, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,519, issued on June 30, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Method to treat and minimize sludge from biorefineries" was invented by Sankaran Murugesan (Katy, Texas), Jerry J. Weers (Richmond, Texas), Sai Reddy Pinappu (Sugar Land, Texas), Jeffery K. Bolton (Batton Rouge, La.), James E. Kiolbassa (Mansfield, Texas) and Rolando P. Perez (Cut Off, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is a continuing goal to reduce the amount of sludge produced in a biorefinery while also improving oil quality and water quality. In one aspect, an exemplary method of minimizing sludge from biorefineries includes the steps of ...