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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dinesh Balkisan Mantri, Pune, IN;
David Hardie Rodman, Townsville, AU;
Assignee:
ECOLAB USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 5/00 (2023.01); C02F 5/10 (2023.01); E21B 37/06 (2006.01); C09K 8/52 (2006.01); C09K 8/528 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/528 (2013.01); C02F 5/10 (2013.01); E21B 37/06 (2013.01); C02F 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to improved methods for inhibiting the formation and deposition of calcite scale in aqueous systems. In particular, the methods include injecting a composition into an aqueous system or wellbore. The composition includes a calcite scale inhibitor. The calcite scale inhibitor may be a copolymer of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and an anionic monomer.