ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,926, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CAMERON INTERNATIONAL Corp. (Houston).
"Scale inhibitor compositions and methods of using the same" was invented by Marko Stipanicev (Sandsli, Norway) and Alexander Colin Nelson (Sandsli, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Scale inhibitor compositions and methods for treating a subterranean hydrocarbon producing formation and/or oilfield equipment are disclosed. The scale inhibitor composition comprises a scale inhibitor comprising at least one copolymer, a corrosion inhibitor comprising at least one acid, a neutralizing agent, and an optional solvent. The methods inhibit corrosion of metal ...