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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10590338 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2015

Wrinkled capsules for treatment of subterranean formations

Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Lee J. Hall, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Jay Paul Deville, Spring, TX (US);

Maria Ina, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Sergey Sheyko, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Michael Rubinstein, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Assignees:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Attorneys:

Tenley Krueger

C. Tumey Law Group PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Zakiya W Bates

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/22 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/92 (2006.01); C09K 8/516 (2006.01); C09K 8/536 (2006.01); C09K 8/70 (2006.01); C09K 8/03 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/28 (2006.01); C09K 8/467 (2006.01); C09K 8/508 (2006.01); C09K 8/588 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/72 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/13 (2006.01); E21B 37/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/92 (2013.01); C09K 8/00 (2013.01); C09K 8/03 (2013.01); C09K 8/28 (2013.01); C09K 8/467 (2013.01); C09K 8/5083 (2013.01); C09K 8/516 (2013.01); C09K 8/536 (2013.01); C09K 8/588 (2013.01); C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/70 (2013.01); C09K 8/725 (2013.01); C09K 8/805 (2013.01); E21B 21/00 (2013.01); E21B 33/13 (2013.01); E21B 37/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 47/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments disclosed relate to wrinkled capsules for treatment of subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method includes placing in the subterranean formation a composition comprising at least one wrinkled capsule. The wrinkled capsule includes a hydrophobic core and a wrinkled shell.

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