Uti Limited Partnership

Pope, Gary A.

Tiffany, Henry D., III

Clark, Gregory A.

De Clare, Brian H.

Bryant, Steven

Steven Bryant

Gary A Pope

Gregory A Clark

Elsayed Abdelfatah

Iii Tiffany Henry D

Henry D Tiffany, Iii

Viola Birss

Robert Mayall

Brian H De Clare

Bri (Holly) Sebastian

Roberto J Pilonieta

An example a method of manufacturing a film is provided. The method involves dissolving a backbone material in a non-aqueous solvent to form a non-aqueous solution. The method further involves adding the non-aqueous solution to an aqueous solution to form a liquid-liquid interface and injecting a particulate proximate to the liquid-liquid interface the non-aqueous solution is then evaporated to form a film containing the particulate. The film may be used in devices such as sensor devices for detecting hydrocarbons.

Device and method of manufacturing a device for detecting hydrocarbons

Methods are disclosed for emplacing a gel-form material in a porous subterranean formation, such as a hydrocarbon reservoir. The material is formed by admixing solid nanoparticles with gelation supporting amounts of surfactants or ionic species, such as ionic species of the kind that form ionic liquids. The nanoparticle to ion ratio may be selected, in combination with selecting the components of the gel-form material, so that the rheological and gelation properties of the gel-form material are adapted for a particular use, for example forming a fluid flow barrier in a reservoir.

Reservoir emplacement of rheologically tuned and timed nanoparticle emulsions

Methods are disclosed for dispersing nanoparticles in solvents, involving the use of a cationic species and an anionic species, where at least one of the ionic species is soluble in the nonpolar solvent and the other ionic species has a relatively strong affinity for the surface of the nanoparticles. The cationic species and the anionic species together form a cluster of ion pairs shielding the nanoparticles and enhancing their dispersibility in the nonpolar solvent.

Dispersion of bare nanoparticles in nonpolar solvents

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