US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Aug. 25 for "Chemical additives for direct air carbon capture" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,966, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Chemical additives for direct air carbon capture" was invented by Ronald Bosch (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variety of methods and systems are disclosed, including, in one example, a method of direct air capture including: introducing an air stream comprising carbon dioxide into gas-liquid contactor; contacting the air stream with a treatment fluid comprising a surfactant, wherein the carbon dioxide is at least partially soluble in the treatment fluid, and wherein the carbon dioxide reacts with the treatment fluid to form a reaction prod...