Patents

US 9169717 B2: High uptake sulfur solvent systems and methods for making and using same

Granted
2015-10-27
Filed
2012-11-06 application 13669787
Type
Utility · 27 claims
Elsewhere
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Abstract

Compositions for chemically removing sulfur deposits from reservoir formations, production tubing, flow lines, and other production equipment due to the production of sour gas and/or oil including reaction products of diamines and aldehydes at a mole ratio between about 1:1 and about 1:6, and methods for making and using same.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg151027.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Lubrizol oilfield Solutions, Inc. 6 patentsUS company or organizationWickliffe, OHLUBRIZOL OILFIELD SOLUTIONS, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and statePVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Simon John Michael LeveyEdmonton, CA5PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Clayton S. SmithEdmonton, CA9PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Pulikesi MuruganEdmonton, CA1PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
E21BEarth or rock drilling; obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wellsE21B37/06PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
C08GMacromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bondsC08G12/06PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
C11DDetergent compositions; use of single substances as detergents; soap or soap-making; resin soaps; recovery of glycerolC11D7/3209PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2018-02-21Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
LUBRIZOL OILFIELD SOLUTIONS, INC. signed 2017-12-11THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION WICKLIFFE, OH44984/586ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2014-12-04Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. signed 2014-09-01WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC HOUSTON, TX34526/272PASDL, file of 2026-10-15

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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