US Patent Issued to OLEON on Aug. 4 for "Combination of polyglycerol-10 laurate and an alcohol to reverse the rock wettability of a reservoir" (French, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,434, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to OLEON NV (Evergem, Belgium).

"Combination of polyglycerol-10 laurate and an alcohol to reverse the rock wettability of a reservoir" was invented by Alys Castel (Margny-les-compiegne, France), Julien Deligny (Venette, France) and Pieter Struelens (Gooik, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a combination of polyglycerol-10 laurate and an alcohol, a fluid comprising it, and a method for releasing the oil from an oil reservoir."

The patent was filed on June 24, 2025, under Application No. 19/247,924.

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