US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on April 14 for "Acidizing compositions for improved fluid performance" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,900, issued on April 14, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Acidizing compositions for improved fluid performance" was invented by Aaron M. Beuterbaugh (Spring, Texas) and Larry Steven Eoff (Porter, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of stimulating a subterranean carbonate formation includes delivering a composition comprising a hydrophobically modified polymer, a phosphorylated alkyl amino polycarboxylic acid, and a base treatment acid into the subterranean formation; and contacting the subterranean carbonate formation with the composition to form conductive flowpaths in the subterranean carbona...