US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on March 17 for "Compositions for single-stage treatment of siliceous subterranean formations" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,450, issued on March 17, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Compositions for single-stage treatment of siliceous subterranean formations" was invented by Konstantin Viktorovich Vidma (Sugar Land, Texas), Murtaza Ziauddin (Sugar Land, Texas), Daniel Gettemy (Sugar Land, Texas), Christopher S. Daeffler (Sugar Land, Texas) and Temiloluwa Iyenoma Yusuf (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aqueous composition includes an acid, or an ammonium or salt thereof; a hydrogen fluoride (HF) source; and a fluoride scale inhibitor. Various methods include providing the aqueous composition and perfor...