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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 15, 2017
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Oleg A. Mazyar, Houston, TX (US);
Valery N. Khabashesku, Houston, TX (US);
Soma Chakraborty, Houston, TX (US);
Gaurav Agrawal, Aurora, CO (US);
Toby D. Hain, Windsor, CT (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Removing an asphaltene particle from a substrate includes contacting a silicate nanoparticle with a chemical group to form a functionalized silicate nanoparticle, the chemical group includes a first portion; and a second portion comprising a nonaromatic moiety, the first portion being bonded to the silicate nanoparticle; contacting the asphaltene particle with the functionalized silicate nanoparticle, the asphaltene particle being disposed on the substrate; interposing the functionalized silicate nanoparticle between the asphaltene particle and the substrate; and separating the asphaltene particle from the substrate with the functionalized silicate nanoparticle to remove the asphaltene particle. A composition includes a functionalized silicate nanoparticle comprising a reaction product of a silicate nanoparticle and a functionalization compound; and a fluid. The functionalization compound includes a chemical group that includes a first portion, the first portion being directly bonded to the silicate nanoparticle in the functionalized silicate nanoparticle; and a second portion including an aromatic moiety or a nonaromatic moiety.