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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Championx Llc, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ross Tomson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Paula Guraieb, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kristin Powell, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Rangana Jayawickramage, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
CHAMPIONX LLC, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/03 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 99/00 (2011.01); C09K 8/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/03 (2013.01); C09K 8/04 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 99/00 (2013.01); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nanoparticle for well-treatment applications and compositions and methods of making and using the same can include a carrier material and an asphaltene inhibitor. The asphaltene inhibitor is capable of being released from the carrier material. The nanoparticle can have a size of 10 nanometers (nm) to 500 nm.