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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2015
Baker Hughes, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Prasad D. Dhulipala, Katy, TX (US);
Charles D. Armstrong, Tomball, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Holdings LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Proteins with antibacterial properties may be used in additive compositions, fluid compositions, and methods for decreasing or removing sulfur-containing compounds and/or acid-containing compounds from recovered downhole fluids and/or the subterranean reservoir wellbore from which the downhole fluid was recovered. The fluid composition may include at least protein and a base fluid. The protein(s) may be or include a labiase, a lysozyme, a lysostaphin, a hexose oxidase, a cecropin, a thermolysin, a serine protease, a cysteine protease, and combinations thereof. The base fluid may be or include a drilling fluid, a servicing fluid, a production fluid, a completion fluid, an injection fluid, a refinery fluids, and combinations thereof.