ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,982, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INNOSPEC Ltd. (Ellesmere Port, Great Britain).
"Treatment of subterranean formations" was invented by Ian Malcolm McRobbie (Ellesmere Port, Great Britain) and William Trenholme (Ellesmere Port, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating a subterranean formation by contacting the formation with the following (a) ammonium bicarbonate; (b) an oxidizing agent selected from a perchlorate or a nitrite or combinations thereof; and (c) an acid (AA)."
The patent was filed on June 28, 2024, under Application No. 18/759,148.
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