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Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Soane Energy, Llc, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

David S. Soane, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);

Rosa Casado Portilla, Peabody, MA (US);

Robert P. Mahoney, Newbury, MA (US);

Gangadhar Jogikalmath, Cambridge, MA (US);

Philip Wuthrich, Belmont, MA (US);

Ian Slattery, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Soane Energy, LLC, Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/22 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/524 (2006.01); C09K 8/588 (2006.01); C09K 8/594 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/2406 (2013.01); C09K 8/524 (2013.01); C09K 8/588 (2013.01); C09K 8/594 (2013.01); E21B 43/16 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention provides formulations for facilitating the removal of oil from a surface using a chisel composition, wherein the chisel composition includes a polymer having one or more binding points with a high affinity for the surface, and one or more hydrophilic segments that form a hydrophilic coating on the surface, rendering the surface water-wet and thereby facilitating the removal of oil from the surface. The invention also provides for methods of use of such formulations.


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