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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Baker Hughes Holdings Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Radhika Suresh, Sugar Land, TX (US);
D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Valery Khabashesku, Houston, TX (US);
Qusai Darugar, Houston, TX (US);
Sankaran Murugesan, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Holdings LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/504 (2006.01); C09K 8/506 (2006.01); C09K 8/508 (2006.01); E21B 37/06 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/5045 (2013.01); C09K 8/506 (2013.01); C09K 8/5086 (2013.01); E21B 37/06 (2013.01); E21B 43/16 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reducing water saturation onto surfaces exposed to hydrocarbons during the production of hydrocarbons from subterranean formations by altering the wettability of the surface of the formation with surface modified nanoparticles.