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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Championx Usa Inc., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jeremy Wayne Bartels, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Christopher Alexander Russell, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Duy T. Nguyen, Richmond, TX (US);
Rebecca Michele Lucente-Schultz, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
ChampionX LLC, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/524 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/524 (2013.01); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for controlling asphaltenes in a subterranean formation. The compositions may include a halloysite nanotube. The nanotube has a lumen and a polymer, along with a charged surfactant, may be disposed in the lumen. A wax may be disposed on the nanotube. The wax may be disposed at either or both ends of the nanotube, thereby temporarily preventing the polymer and charged surfactant from leaving the lumen.