William Marsh Rice University

Championx LLC

Covia Solutions Inc.

Gedeng Ruan

James Mitchell Tour

Chih-Chau Hwang

Desmond Schipper

Yilun Li

Almaz S Jalilov

Josiah Tour

Jeremy Moloney

Wei Lu

Michael Wong

George J Hirasaki

Duy T Nguyen

Zhiwei Peng

Zheng Yan

Clarence A Miller

Gautam Chandrakanth Kini

Tri T Phan

An Thien Nguyen

Chad Michael Gilmer

Zhengzong Sun

Huaxiang Yang

Mason B Tomson

Amy Kan

Lu Wang

Kanth Josyula

Yang Yang

Miguel A Balzan

Wilfredis Jose Medina

Rogelio A Banda

Amine functionalized nanoparticles having improved thermal and brine stability comprising a core-shell nanoparticle morphology comprising a trialkoxyorganosilane coated nanoparticle core and an amine functionalized group on the surface of the nanoparticle as a shell are disclosed. Methods and applications of use of the amine functionalized nanoparticles and compositions comprising the amine functionalized nanoparticles dispersed in an aqueous medium are also disclosed.

Compositions and methods for improving thermal and brine stability of nanoparticles

Methods for treating a producing wellbore of a subterranean reservoir include obtaining a side stream flow of a produced fluid from a production tube of the wellbore at a location above the surface of the earth; providing an eluting contact of the side stream flow of produced fluid with a treatment material to form a side stream flow of treated produced fluid; and directing the side stream flow of treated produced fluid into the wellbore at a point below the surface of the earth. Apparatuses suitable for carrying out the methods include an elution device fluidly connected to a side stream of produced fluid flowing above the surface of the earth and situated to direct the side stream toward the elution device to provide an eluting contact of the produced fluid with a treatment material disposed in the elution device, then direct the treated produced fluid into the wellbore.

Elution systems for treatment of subterranean reservoirs

A self-suspending proppant that resists the adverse effects of calcium and other cations on swelling comprises a proppant substrate particle and a gelatinized non-extruder-derived neutral starch coating on the proppant substrate particle.

Salt-tolerant self-suspending proppants made without extrusion

Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of making conductive films by associating an inorganic composition with an insulating substrate, and forming a porous inorganic layer from the inorganic composition on the insulating substrate. The inorganic layer may include a nanoporous metal layer, such as nickel fluoride. The methods of the present disclosure may also include a step of incorporating the conductive films into an electronic device. The methods of the present disclosure may also include a step of associating the conductive films with a solid electrolyte prior to its incorporation into an electronic device. The methods of the present disclosure may also include a step of separating the inorganic layer from the conductive film to form a freestanding inorganic layer. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to the conductive films and freestanding inorganic layers.

Production and use of flexible conductive films and inorganic layers in electronic devices

In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to materials for use in COcapture in high pressure environments. In some embodiments, the materials include a porous carbon material containing a plurality of pores for use in a high pressure environment. Additional embodiments pertain to methods of utilizing the materials of the present disclosure to capture COfrom various environments. In some embodiments, the materials of the present disclosure selectively capture COover hydrocarbon species in the environment.

Porous carbon materials for CO2 separation in natural gas

Various embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to nanocomposites for detecting hydrocarbons in a geological structure. In some embodiments, the nanocomposites include: a core particle; a polymer associated with the core particle; a sulfur-based moiety associated with the polymer; and a releasable probe molecule associated with the core particle, where the releasable probe molecule is releasable from the core particle upon exposure to hydrocarbons. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of detecting hydrocarbons in a geological structure by utilizing the nanocomposites of the present disclosure.

Nanocomposite oil sensors for downhole hydrocarbon detection

In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods of forming graphene films by: (1) depositing a non-gaseous carbon source onto a catalyst surface; (2) exposing the non-gaseous carbon source to at least one gas with a flow rate; and (3) initiating the conversion of the non-gaseous carbon source to the graphene film, where the thickness of the graphene film is controllable by the gas flow rate. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to graphene films made in accordance with the methods of the present disclosure.

Growth of graphene films from non-gaseous carbon sources

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