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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Soma Chakraborty, Houston, TX (US);
Gaurav Agrawal, Aurora, CO (US);
Devesh Kumar Agrawal, Houston, TX (US);
Valery N. Khabashesku, Houston, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Suspensions comprising polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane nanoparticles and at least one carrier fluid. The polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane may include functional groups and the suspension may further comprise carbon-based nanoparticles and silica nanoparticles. Related methods of recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation using the suspension. The method comprises contacting hydrocarbons with the suspension to form an emulsion stabilized by the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane nanoparticles.