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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Brandon Vittur, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Carl E. Weaver, Conroe, TX (US);
Tran M. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Lirio Quintero, Houston, TX (US);
Leonardo Franca, Katy, TX (US);
Jerry J. Weers, Richmond, TX (US);
Joseph Arensdorf, Conroe, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
It has been discovered that solid contaminants in a mixture of a hydrocarbon phase and an aqueous phase may be retained in the hydrocarbon phase by introducing to the mixture an effective amount of an oil-wetting additive to retain at least a portion of the solid contaminants in the hydrocarbon phase as contrasted with an aqueous phase. The oil-wetting additive can be a surface-active additive including, but is not necessarily limited to, drilling fluid additives, surfactants, antifoulants, nanoparticles and combinations thereof.