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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Locus Oil Ip Company, Llc, Solon, OH (US);
Inventors:
Sean Farmer, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Ken Alibek, Solon, OH (US);
Kent Adams, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Karthik N. Karathur, Solon, OH (US);
Assignee:
LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC, Solon, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 37/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C09K 8/74 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/582 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/582 (2013.01); C09K 8/602 (2013.01); C09K 8/74 (2013.01); C09K 8/805 (2013.01); E21B 37/00 (2013.01); C09K 2208/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides environmentally-friendly compositions and methods for degrading polymers used in fracking operations to enhance the recovery of oil and gas. Specifically, the compositions and methods utilized microorganisms and/or their growth by-products to degrade polymers, such as PGA, PLA and PAM, used in fracking wells.