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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Philip D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Brian Alan Evans, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24T 10/20 (2018.01); C09K 8/508 (2006.01); C09K 8/035 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/588 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/5086 (2013.01); C09K 8/035 (2013.01); C09K 8/588 (2013.01); C09K 8/68 (2013.01); E21B 21/003 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); F24T 10/20 (2018.05);
Abstract
A method including forming a hydrophobic film on one or more surfaces as part of a geothermal operation in which a circulating fluid comprising water is injected into an injection well, absorbs heat, and is recovered from a production well prior to extraction of at least a portion of the heat therefrom and recycle of the circulating fluid back to the or another injection well.