Patents by Inventor Roberto LOREFICE

Roberto LOREFICE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for inhibiting the permeation of water in an extraction well of a hydrocarbon fluid from an underground reservoir
    Patent number: 10927247
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting the permeation of water in an extraction well of a hydrocarbon fluid from an underground reservoir is described. The method includes the injection of at least one treatment fluid into the underground reservoir. The treatment fluid contains at least one emulsion or dispersion in an organic solvent of at least one copolymer of a first monomer of an acrylic monomer or a methacrylic monomer, and a second monomer having at least one ethylene unsaturation and at least one polyoxyethylene chain. The emulsion or dispersion of the copolymer used in the method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lucilla Del Gaudio, Roberto Lorefice, Massimo Silvio Morbidelli, Davide Moscatelli
  • METHOD FOR INHIBITING THE PERMEATION OF WATER IN AN EXTRACTION WELL OF A HYDROCARBON FLUID FROM AN UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR
    Publication number: 20180134887
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting the permeation of water in an extraction well of a hydrocarbon fluid from an underground reservoir is described. The method includes the injection of at least one treatment fluid into the underground reservoir. The treatment fluid contains at least one emulsion or dispersion in an organic solvent of at least one copolymer of a first monomer of an acrylic monomer or a methacrylic monomer, and a second monomer having at least one ethylene unsaturation and at least one polyoxyethylene chain. The emulsion or dispersion of the copolymer used in the method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lucilla DEL GAUDIO, Roberto LOREFICE, Massimo Silvio MORBIDELLI, Davide MOSCATELLI