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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2025
Applicant:
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gayani W. Pinnawala, Houston, TX (US);
Sujeewa Palayangoda, San Ramon, CA (US);
Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Houston, TX (US);
Mohamad Ali Salman, Houston, TX (US);
Scott Presbury West, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/584 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/584 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and compositions for breaking foams, emulsions, or any combination thereof. The foam, emulsion, or any combination is contacted with a breaking composition. The breaking composition comprises a sulfosuccinate and a solvent. The solvent has an octanol/water partition coefficient ([P]) at 25°. The log of the partition coefficient at 25° (log [P]) is from 0.1 to 5.