US Patent Issued to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, LTEOIL on Oct. 27 for "Method for creating crude oil synthesized fluid having surfactant and demulsification properties" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,420, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas) and LTEOIL LLC (Houston).

"Method for creating crude oil synthesized fluid having surfactant and demulsification properties" was invented by Jamie Kraus (College Station, Texas), David Staack (College Station, Texas) and Howard Jemison (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high voltage discharge generating a plasma wave front is disposed within a headspace over an oil-containing liquid in order to create various chemical changes within the headspace, and ultimately within the liquid in order to inactivate various microbes, synthesize ...