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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2016
Sudiptya Banerjee, Houston, TX (US);
Deepak Kumar, Houston, TX (US);
Adriana Hightower, Cypress, TX (US);
Sudiptya Banerjee, Houston, TX (US);
Deepak Kumar, Houston, TX (US);
Adriana Hightower, Cypress, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of producing hydrocarbon from a subterranean formation comprises: disposing an article in a well penetrating a subterranean formation, the article having a surface coated with a hierarchical superhydrophobic coating or the article being a stand-alone hierarchical superhydrophobic membrane; contacting the article with a flow of a water-based fluid and an oil-based fluid; selectively impeding the flow of the water-based fluid; and allowing the production of the oil-based fluid.