Patents Issued in November 8, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180320017
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method has an ejection step of ejecting, onto a substrate, an ink composition A that includes water, a coloring agent, a photopolymerization initiator, and a microcapsule enclosing a polymerizable compound therein, and an ink composition B that includes water, a coloring agent, a photopolymerization initiator, and a microcapsule enclosing a polymerizable compound therein; and an irradiation step of irradiating, with light, the ink composition A and the ink composition B ejected on the substrate. An absorbance ABSA of the ink composition A and an absorbance ABSB of the ink composition B satisfy a formula (1), and a concentration MA of the microcapsule included in the ink composition A and a concentration MB of the microcapsule included in the ink composition B satisfy a formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Tsutomu UMEBAYASHI, Ichiro KOYAMA, Shota SUZUKI, Noriaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20180320018
    Abstract: Various aqueous top coat compositions are described. The compositions include one or more polyurethane dispersions, silica, crosslinker(s), acrylic polymers, and an optional water soluble polyester. The compositions can be used to form top coats which exhibit good resistance to scratches and solvents, and improved ink retention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Linwood G. KOGER, Frank Y. Shih
  • Publication number: 20180320019
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a multi-layer coating structure, comprising the following steps: a) providing a substrate; b) applying at least one base-coat layer, wherein the base-coat layer is substantially free of melamine and derivatives thereof; c) applying at least one clear-coat and/or top-coat layer, comprising at least one polyisocyanate, at least one NCO-reactive compound, and at least one thermally latent catalyst; d) waiting for at least 30 s after step c) such that a film can form; e) curing the multi-layer coating structure while supplying heat. The invention further relates to the multi-layer coating structure that can be obtained from the method according to the invention, to the use of the multi-layer coating structure to coat substrates, and to substrates coated with the multi-layer coating structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Weikard, Tanja Hebestreit, Frank Richter
  • Publication number: 20180320020
    Abstract: A resin composition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first polyol represented by Chemical Formula 1, a second polyol represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a polyisocyanate, wherein the first polyol and the second polyol have a linear structure without a side chain. each of Y1 to Y4 is H or OH—, at least one of Y1 and Y2 is OH—, at least one of Y3 and Y4 is OH—, each of X1 to X3 is independently a C1-C20 alkyl group, the alkyl group includes or does not include an unsaturated bond, —CH2— in the alkyl group may be substituted or unsubstituted with —CHOH—, and each of n and m is independently 1 to 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Sung KIM, Hyun Sook KIM, Sung-Chan JO, Kyung Lae RHO, Soo Im JEONG, Seung Kyu LEE, Jang Hwan JEONG, Jae Ho CHOI, Soon Jong KIM, Seong Gea KIM, Jae Duck JUNG, Dong Hyeok OH, Kyoung Seok CHO
  • Publication number: 20180320021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to urethane (meth)acrylates comprising residual isocyanate groups which are obtained from the reaction of: a) at least one di- or poly-isocyanate, and b) at least one hydroxyl-functional (meth)acrylic acid ester of at least one polymer chain which comprises: at least one (meth)acryloyl group, at least one free hydroxyl group and at least one polymer chain, wherein the equivalent ratio of OH groups to NCO groups is 0.05:1 to 0.66:1, a process for preparing thereof and their use in radiation-curable coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: ALLNEX NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventor: Robert POTZMANN
  • Publication number: 20180320022
    Abstract: A polyamideimide resin having isocyanate groups at the terminals, wherein at least a portion of the isocyanate groups are blocked with an ether group-containing cyclic amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuyuki SAITO, Atsushi TAKAHASHI, Yuta HARADA
  • Publication number: 20180320023
    Abstract: A method of forming a self-cleaning film system includes depositing a photocatalytic material onto a substrate to form a first layer. The method also includes disposing a photoresist onto the first layer and then exposing the photoresist to light so that the photoresist has a developed portion and an undeveloped portion. The method includes removing the undeveloped portion so that the developed portion protrudes from the first layer. After removing, the method includes depositing a perfluorocarbon siloxane polymer onto the first layer to surround and contact the developed portion. After depositing the perfluorocarbon siloxane polymer, the method includes removing the developed portion to thereby form the self-cleaning film system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Gayatri V. Dadheech, Thomas A. Seder, James A. Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20180320024
    Abstract: A polishing agent comprises: a fluid medium; an abrasive grain containing a hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element; a first additive; a second additive; and a third additive, wherein: the first additive is at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound having a polyoxyalkylene chain and a vinyl alcohol polymer; the second additive is a cationic polymer; and the third additive is an amino group-containing sulfonic acid compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hisataka MINAMI, Tomohiro IWANO, Toshiaki AKUTSU
  • Publication number: 20180320025
    Abstract: The present invention provides adhesive compositions, sometimes in a two part configuration which include a first part containing a (meth)acrylate component, an organic peroxide and an acetal-containing free radically curable component and a second part containing a (meth)acrylate component, and benzoylthiourea derivatives or benzoylthiourethane derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Nigel SWEENEY, Brian DEEGAN, Lynnette HURLBURT, Andrew D. MESSANA, Marc GALLIGAN
  • Publication number: 20180320026
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for using a polymer composition for connecting a first object to a second object, wherein the method comprises, the step of applying a polymer composition to at least part of the surface of at least one of the first object or second object; connecting the first object and the second object at the surface where the polymer composition is applied and irradiating the polymer composition using UV-radiation over a first time period, obtaining a UV radiated polymer composition; irradiating the UV radiated polymer composition with gamma-radiation over a second time period obtaining a gamma radiated polymer. The invention also relates to a system of a plastic object and a metal object connected by the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: TSK Laboratory Europe B.V.
    Inventor: Isodoris Angelinus Quirinus Maria DE BEER
  • Publication number: 20180320027
    Abstract: A bonding system for bonding a plastic substrate to another substrate, the bonding system comprising a plastic substrate wherein the plastic substrate is impregnated with a transition metal; and an anaerobically curable composition. Cure of the anaerobically curable composition is initiatable by the transition metal when the anaerobically curable composition is contacted with the plastic substrate under anaerobic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: James HOULIHAN, Nigel SWEENEY, Brian DEEGAN, Brendan KNEAFSEY
  • Publication number: 20180320028
    Abstract: Adhesive tapes and methods for splicing low surface energy substrates with flying splices are provided. An example adhesive tape comprises an adhesive layer and a backing adjacent to the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer comprises a first adhesive comprising a higher shear resistance, cohesive strength, and surface energy relative to a second adhesive, and the second adhesive comprises a higher tack for low surface energy substrates relative to the first adhesive. The second adhesive is different from the first adhesive. The second adhesive is adjacent to the first adhesive and there is substantially no overlap between the first adhesive and second adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Metin OZSOBACI
  • Publication number: 20180320029
    Abstract: A curable resin film of the present invention forms a first protective film (1a) by attaching the curable resin film containing an epoxy-based thermosetting component having a weight-average molecular weight of 200 to 4,000 to a surface (5a) of a semiconductor wafer (5) having a plurality of bumps (51) with an average peak height (h1) of 50 to 400 ?m, an average diameter of 60 to 500 ?m, and an average pitch of 100 to 800 ?m, heating the attached curable resin film at 100° C. to 200° C. for 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Masanori YAMAGISHI, Akinori SATO
  • Publication number: 20180320030
    Abstract: A cutting plotter film with anti-counterfeit effect includes: a heat-resistant layer; a stripe-embossed layer having releasing property and bonded on the heat-resistant layer, the stripe-embossed layer being formed with a stripe-embossed surface; a character film layer disposed on the stripe-embossed surface of the stripe-embossed layer, having a contact surface in contact with the stripe-embossed surface, the contact surface being formed with anti-counterfeit stripes; and a heat bonding layer disposed on the character film layer. Figures/characters are cut/engraved on the character film layer and the heat bonding layer. The cutting plotter film is placed on a product and heated to transfer and adhere the figures/characters onto the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Ming-Hsien YAO
  • Publication number: 20180320031
    Abstract: A thermosetting adhesive sheet capable of reducing semiconductor wafer warping and chipping and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a thermosetting adhesive layer formed from a resin composition containing a resin component and a filler, the resin component containing an epoxy compound and a curing agent, a total value obtained by multiplying the reciprocal of epoxy equivalent of the epoxy compound by content of the epoxy compound in the resin component being 1.15E-04 or more, and blending amount of the filler being 50 pts. mass or more with respect to 100 pts. mass of the resin component; the thermosetting adhesive sheet is applied to a ground surface of a semiconductor and cured before dicing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daichi MORI, Tomoyuki ISHIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20180320032
    Abstract: A multi-layered tape comprises in order (i) a substrate having first and second surfaces, (ii) a pressure-sensitive adhesive having first and second surfaces, the first surface of the adhesive being in contact with the first surface of the substrate, (iii) a plurality of continuous spaced apart elements attached to, or partially embedded into, the second surface of the adhesive that are positioned in an angular direction to the axis of the substrate length, and (iv) a release liner having a length and width so as to cover the second surface of the adhesive and the spaced apart elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER E. FETTERMAN, JAMES DEAN KATSAROS, BENJAMIN ALAN MEYER
  • Publication number: 20180320033
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition. In an embodiment an adhesive composition is provided and includes A) a propylene based plastomer or elastomer (PBPE) comprising up to 10 wt % units derived from ethylene and having (i) a Koenig B-value less than 1.0; (ii) a total unsaturation per mole of propylene from 0.01% to 0.03%; (iii) a density from 0.870 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc; (iv) a melt viscosity at 177° C. from 800 mPa·s to 11,000 mPa·s; and (v) a weight average molecular weight from 20,000 to 50,000 g/mol; B) a tackifier; and C) a wax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yi Jin, Kim Walton, Gary Marchand, Selim Yalvac, Allan W. McLennaghan, Kate Brown, Carl Iverson, Cynthia Rickey
  • Publication number: 20180320034
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an adhesive composition. The adhesive composition includes: A) a propylene based plastomer or elastomer (PBPE) comprising up to 15 wt % units derived from ethylene and having (i) a Koenig B-value less than 1.0; (ii) a total unsaturation per mole of propylene from 0.010% to 0.030%; (iii) a density from 0.860 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc; (iv) a melt viscosity at 177° C. from 1,000 mPa·s to 15,000 mPa·s; and (v) a weight average molecular weight from 20,000 to 50,000 g/mole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Allan W. McLennaghan, Yi Jin, Kate Brown
  • Publication number: 20180320035
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive polymeric composition comprising: a butyl rubber; a polyurethane; an olefinic polymer component; and a filler that includes titanium dioxide, wherein said adhesive polymeric composition is pressure-sensitive, and where pressure-sensitive adhesive polymeric composition is a solids composition wherein said butyl rubber forms a matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jiansheng Tang, Brandon Ward
  • Publication number: 20180320036
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of an improved adhesive composition, use of said composition and products comprising said composition. The adhesive composition may be a one component and a two component adhesive, each component typically comprising various ingredients. The present adhesives are water-based dispersions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Rudolph Frank DE BLOCK, Leonard Johan HEUSINKVELD
  • Publication number: 20180320037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reactive polyurethane (PUR) hot-melt adhesive, in particular a moisture cross-linking 1K-PUR hot-melt adhesive, wherein the PUR adhesive contains neutralized hollow glass spheres as fillers. The invention also relates to the use of said adhesive for adhesively bonding substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Uwe Franken, Karin Jonscher
  • Publication number: 20180320038
    Abstract: An abrasive article (100) comprising a backing (102); a make resin (112) contacting the backing (102); abrasive particles (114) contacting the make resin (112); and a size resin (116) contacting both the abrasive particles (114) and the make resin (112), wherein the make resin (112) includes an alkyl quaternary ammonium clay, which can take the form of Garamite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Philip S. Hill, Polly H.R. Keen, James R. Smith, Thomas A. Beard
  • Publication number: 20180320039
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for methods for reducing dust by treating a seed with a dust reducing composition described herein. The disclosure also provides for methods of reducing exposure to vacuum planter dust released during seed planting by applying a composition described herein to a seed. Methods for increasing seed lubricity by coating a seed with a composition described herein are also provided for. Compositions and seeds useful in these methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yaodong HUANG, Justin Eldridge, William Hanson, Philip Matthew, Smita Patel
  • Publication number: 20180320040
    Abstract: A working fluid that includes a fluorinated olefin compound represented by the following general formula (I):
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Michael J. Bulinski, Michael G. Costello, John G. Owens, Michael J. Rice
  • Publication number: 20180320041
    Abstract: Disclosed are heat transfer compositions and methods and systems containing refrigerants consisting essentially of difluoromethane (HFC-32), and trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I), and heat transfer compositions and methods and systems containing refrigerants consisting essentially of difluoromethane (HFC-32), and trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) and CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yang ZOU, Samuel F. YANA MOTTA, Gustavo POTTKER, Ankit SETHI, Elizabet del Carmen VERA BECERRA, Henna TANGRI
  • Publication number: 20180320042
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filling method for a mixed refrigerant, in which in a case of transferring and filling a mixed refrigerant that contains trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane and in which the trifluoroethylene is present in an amount of 10 to 92 mass % in a liquid phase, with respect to a total 100 mass % of the trifluoroethylene and the difluoromethane, in a liquid from a feeding container to a target container and equipment, a liquid phase mixing ratio (initial composition) of the trifluoroethylene in the mixed refrigerant in the feeding container immediately before the transferring and filling is set to x+yp (minimum value) to x% (target upper limit composition).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Mai TASAKA, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroki HAYAMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180320043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filling method for a mixed refrigerant, in which in a case of transferring and filling a mixed refrigerant that contains trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and in which the trifluoroethylene is present in an amount of 10 to 92 mass % in a liquid phase, with respect to a total 100 mass % of the trifluoroethylene and the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, in a liquid from a feeding container to a target container and equipment, a liquid phase mixing ratio (initial composition) of the trifluoroethylene in the mixed refrigerant in the feeding container immediately before the transferring and filling is set to x+yP (minimum value) to x % (target upper limit composition).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Mai TASAKA, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Hiroki HAYAMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180320044
    Abstract: Provided is a group of rare-earth regenerator material particles having an average particle size of 0.01 to 3 mm, wherein the proportion of particles having a ratio of a long diameter to a short diameter of 2 or less is 90% or more by number, and the proportion of particles having a depressed portion having a length of 1/10 to ½ of a circumferential length on a particle surface is 30% or more by number. By forming the depressed portion on the surface of the regenerator material particles, it is possible to increase permeability of an operating medium gas and a contact surface area with the operating medium gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko YAMADA, Keiichi FUSE
  • Publication number: 20180320045
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a thermal dissipating structure including following steps is provided. A carbon material is formed by performing a homogeneous cavitation process to a raw material of graphite. A thermal dissipating slurry is formed by mixing the carbon material and a binder. A thermal dissipating film is formed on a substrate by coating the thermal dissipating slurry on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Chung Yuan Christian University
    Inventors: Wei-Jen Liu, Yi-Chin Lai, Pin-Chun Lin, Jhao-Yi Wu
  • Publication number: 20180320046
    Abstract: A rare earth regenerator material particle and a regenerator material particle group having a high long-term reliability, and a superconducting magnet, an examination apparatus, a cryopump and the like using the same are provided. A rare earth regenerator material particle contains a rare earth element as a constituent component, and in the particle, a peak indicating a carbon component is detected in a surface region by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko YAMADA, Keiichi FUSE
  • Publication number: 20180320047
    Abstract: The invention relates to a silicate-containing coolant concentrate, including at least one freezing-point lowering liquid, at least one mixture of at least two saturated, aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, at least one saturated aliphatic or hydroxyl-containing aromatic mono-carboxylic acid, at least one azole, at least one stabilizing silicate, at least one phosphonocarboxylic acid, and at least one heteropoly complex anion from the group IIIA to VIA of the periodic table of the elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Stefan Berger
  • Publication number: 20180320048
    Abstract: A fluid loss control agent may include at least one thinner; and at least one polymeric component. A wellbore fluid may include a base fluid and a fluid loss control agent, which includes at least one thinner and at least one polymeric component. Methods of use are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Guido De Stefano, Paige Kiesewetter
  • Publication number: 20180320049
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating subterranean formations using particulates treated with hydrophobizing agents in aqueous base fluid are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and at least one particulate treated with one or more hydrophobizing agents; introducing the into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation; and using the treatment fluid to drill a portion of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Hilliburton Energy Services ,Inc.
    Inventors: William Walter Shumway, Jessica Paola Ramirez Angulo, Kay Ann Galindo
  • Publication number: 20180320050
    Abstract: Drilling fluid compositions include a base fluid, at least one additive chosen from an emulsifier, weighting material, fluid-loss additive, viscosifier, or alkali compound, and from 0.1 wt. % to 1 wt. %, based on total weight of the drilling fluid composition, of an ethoxylated alcohol compound having the formula R—(OCH2CH2)7—OH, in which R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbyl group having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms. The base fluid may be an aqueous base fluid. Methods for drilling a subterranean well include operating a drill in a wellbore in the presence of a drilling fluid composition including the base fluid, the additive, and the ethoxylated alcohol compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hussain AlBahrani, Abdullah Al-Yami, Ali Safran, Abdulaziz Alhelal
  • Publication number: 20180320051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of cementing, for example, an oil or gas well. The method may involve pumping a suspension of a filler mixture and at least about 5 weight percent of a thermosetting resin based on the total weight of resin and filler mixture. Advantages may include superior properties and reliability as compared to conventional cementing operations often involving Portland cement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: PUMPROCK, LLC
    Inventor: Ruchir Shanbhag
  • Publication number: 20180320052
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation includes introducing a well cementing composition into a wellbore, said cementing composition comprising: a pumpable slurry of cement and at least one of hydrophobic material, a superhydrophobic material, and combinations; and allowing at least a portion of the cementing composition to cure. A composition includes a pumpable slurry of wellbore cement and at least one of hydrophobic material, a superhydrophobic material, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, JR., Megan R. Pearl, Maria Paiva
  • Publication number: 20180320053
    Abstract: A lost-circulation material including a mixture of an aqueous colloidal dispersion and fatty acid. The aqueous colloidal dispersion includes silica nanoparticles and has a pH of at least 8. Combining the colloidal dispersion and the fatty acid initiates gelation of the lost-circulation material when the pH of the lost-circulation material is less than 8 and a temperature of the lost-circulation material is in a range of 5° C. to 300° C. Sealing an opening in a portion of a wellbore or a portion of a subterranean formation in which the wellbore is formed may include providing the aqueous colloidal dispersion and the fatty acid to the wellbore, mixing the colloidal dispersion and the fatty acid to yield the lost-circulation material, initiating gelation of the lost-circulation material, and solidifying the lost-circulation material in the wellbore to yield a set gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar, Vikrant Bhavanishankar Wagle, Abdullah Saleh Hussain Al-Yami, Ayman Mohammed Almohsin
  • Publication number: 20180320054
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The cleanup fluid includes an exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Publication number: 20180320055
    Abstract: A polymerizable chemical system for consolidating particulates in a subterranean formation including a liquid resin, a curing agent, and a permeability enhancing additive. The chemical system is a homogenous composition that polymerizes to forms a solid upon heating at a temperature greater than 60° C. Consolidating particulates in a subterranean formation includes providing a polymerizable chemical system comprising a liquid resin, a curing agent, and a permeability enhancing additive to a subterranean formation, and polymerizing the polymerizable chemical system to consolidate particulates in the formation to yield a porous consolidated particulates pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Fakuen Frank Chang, Xiaoyu Tan
  • Publication number: 20180320056
    Abstract: Heavy oils are recovered from subterranean formations by introducing a suspension of nonpolar nanoparticles in a non-aqueous fluid into the subterranean formation containing the heavy oil, contacting the heavy oil with the suspension, and simultaneously removing at least a portion of the heavy oil with the suspension from the subterranean formation. Suitable nanoparticles include those of a size between about 2 to about 10,000 nm, and which include, but are not necessarily limited to, crosslinked polymers, diamond, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes, coal, carbon black, activated carbon, asphaltene, petrocoke, resins, functionalized fly ash, nanoparticles functionalized with polymers to be nonpolar, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Oleg A. Mazyar, Anil K. Sadana, Qusai A. Darugar
  • Publication number: 20180320057
    Abstract: A method for increasing production in a liquid hydrocarbon reservoir formation comprising the steps of introducing a nanoencapsulated composition solution capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid hydrocarbon fraction, where the nanoencapsulated composition solution comprises a nanocapsule and a carrier fluid, such that the nanocapsule is dispersed in the carrier fluid; allowing the nanoencapsulated composition solution to interact with the liquid hydrocarbon fraction such that the surface tension of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction is reduced such that at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction is capable of being displaced; introducing a water fraction into the wellbore under conditions such that at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction is displaced from the liquid hydrocarbon reservoir formation; and recovering the at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction and at least a portion of the nanoencapsulated composition solution using the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Yun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180320058
    Abstract: A method for increasing production in a liquid hydrocarbon reservoir formation comprising the steps of introducing a nanoencapsulated composition solution capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid hydrocarbon fraction, where the nanoencapsulated composition solution comprises a nanocapsule and a carrier fluid, such that the nanocapsule is dispersed in the carrier fluid; allowing the nanoencapsulated composition solution to interact with the liquid hydrocarbon fraction such that the surface tension of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction is reduced such that at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction is capable of being displaced; introducing a water fraction into the wellbore under conditions such that at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction is displaced from the liquid hydrocarbon reservoir formation; and recovering the at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction and at least a portion of the nanoencapsulated composition solution using the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Yun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180320059
    Abstract: A composition including a coated nanoparticle including a nanoparticle and a cross-linked carbohydrate-based coating and an ion selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Be2+, Mg2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, and mixtures thereof; methods of making and using the composition; and systems including the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Jason R. Cox, Hooisweng Ow, Shannon L. Eichmann, Howard K. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20180320060
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to surfactant compositions for treatment of subterranean formations and produced oil. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation including placing in the subterranean formation a surfactant composition. The surfactant composition includes an alkanolamide surfactant and an alkoxylated alcohol surfactant. The surfactant composition also includes an ionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy A. Holtsclaw, Chandra Sekhar Palla-Venkata, Antonio Recio, III, Kristina Henkel Holan
  • Publication number: 20180320061
    Abstract: A fracturing fluid composition that includes a chelating agent, e.g. GLDA, and a polymeric additive comprising a copolymer of acrylamido-tert-butyl sulfonate and hydrolyzed polyacrylamide diluted in an aqueous base fluid, e.g. seawater, and a method of fracking a geological formation using the fracturing fluid composition. Various embodiments of the fracturing fluid composition and the method of fracking are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Nasr El-Din MAHMOUD, Salah El-Din ELKATATNY, Marwan Nagm Eldeen MOHAMMAD
  • Publication number: 20180320062
    Abstract: A fracturing fluid composition that includes a chelating agent, e.g. GLDA, and a polymeric additive comprising a copolymer of acrylamido-tert-butyl sulfonate and hydrolyzed polyacrylamide diluted in an aqueous base fluid, e.g. seawater, and a method of fracking a geological formation using the fracturing fluid composition. Various embodiments of the fracturing fluid composition and the method of fracking are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Nasr El-Din MAHMOUD, Salah El-Din ELKATATNY, Marwan Nagm Eldeen MOHAMMAD
  • Publication number: 20180320063
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a retarded acid system comprises an aqueous acid and a retarding surfactant. The aqueous acid may comprise from 5 wt. % to 25 wt. % of a strong acid, that is, an acid having a Ka greater than or equal to 0.01. The aqueous acid may further comprise from 75 wt. % to 95 wt. % water. The retarding surfactant may have the general chemical formula R—(OC2H4)x—OH where R is a hydrocarbon having from 11 to 15 carbon atoms and x is an integer from 6 to 10. The retarding surfactant may have a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance from 8 to 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Safran
  • Publication number: 20180320064
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for shape memory proppants, methods for making shape memory proppants, and methods of using shape memory proppants, and the like. The strong expandable proppants of the present disclosure may be used in maintaining fracture openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Arash Dahi Taleghani, Amir Shojaei, Guoqiang Li
  • Publication number: 20180320065
    Abstract: A method of sequestering at least one target species, including exposing a proppant for use in subterranean hydrocarbon recovery via hydraulic fracturing, which comprises a material adapted to sequester the at least one target species formed external to the subterranean formation and formed external to the proppant and the material, prior to injecting a fluid comprising the proppant into a subterranean fracture, or exposing the material of the proppant to the at least one target species prior to completing formation of the proppant, whereby the at least one target species is sequestered within the subterranean formation via sequestration of the target species within the injected proppant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Matthew M. Kropf
  • Publication number: 20180320066
    Abstract: A formulation for printed electronics, comprising at least one functional material and at least one heteroaromatic-based organic solvent. The printing process of the formulation and use thereof in an electronic device, particularly in an electroluminescent device. An electronic device produced by utilizing the formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Junyou PAN, Xi YANG, Ruifeng HE