| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D577588 |
Container |
September 30, 2008 |
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| D398240 |
Combined bottle and cap |
September 15, 1998 |
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| D381783 |
Windshield service and trash valet |
July 29, 1997 |
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| D365521 |
Oil container |
December 26, 1995 |
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| 7627461 |
Method for field scale production optimization by enhancing the allocation of well flow rates |
December 1, 2009 |
| A method for enhancing the allocation of fluid flow rates among a plurality of well bores in fluid communication with at least one subterranean reservoir is disclosed. An objective function and system equations are generated which utilize constraint violation penalties associated wit |
| 7622032 |
Hydrocarbon conversion using molecular sieve SSZ-74 |
November 24, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-74 prepared using an hexamethylene-1,6-bis-(N-methyl-N-pyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and processes employing SSZ-74 in a catalyst. |
| 7620498 |
Automated borehole image interpretation |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method of analyzing characteristics of a subterranean formation includes transmitting a signal at least partially into a material of the subterranean formation such that the signal is transformed in a manner indicative of a characteristic of the material, receiving the transformed |
| 7617082 |
Method, system and program storage device for simulating fluid flow in a physical system using a |
November 10, 2009 |
| The present invention provides a method, a system and a program storage device containing instructions for simulating the flow of fluid in a physical system using a composition-based extensible object-oriented program. A computer program includes: (i) a framework subsystem providing |
| 7608181 |
Distillate fuel blends from Fischer Tropsch products with improved seal swell properties |
October 27, 2009 |
| The invention provides distillate fuel blend components with improved seal swell and lubricity properties obtained from Fischer Tropsch products. The blends contain a highly paraffinic distillate fuel component and distillate-boiling alkylcycloparaffins and/or distillate-boiling alky |
| 7598085 |
Test kit for measuring the level of carboxylate anion in engine coolant |
October 6, 2009 |
| The invention includes, in one embodiment, a method for determining the presence or absence of a corrosion-inhibitory level of carboxylate anion in used engine coolant which includes: obtaining a known quantity of the engine coolant as a representative sample thereof, the sample containi |
| 7597874 |
Preparation of zeolites using novel structure directing agents |
October 6, 2009 |
| The present invention is directed to a process for producing crystalline zeolites from a reaction mixture containing an N,N,N-trialkyl benzyl quaternary ammonium cation as a structure directing agent. |
| 7594992 |
Highly homogeneous amorphous silica-alumina catalyst composition |
September 29, 2009 |
| Silica-alumina catalyst compositions and to a process for converting hydrocarbonaceous feed using the catalyst are disclosed. The present invention relates to a highly homogeneous, amorphous silica-alumina cogel material, the attributes of which make it especially useful for the Hydr |
| 7585404 |
Decomposition of waste products formed in slurry catalyst synthesis |
September 8, 2009 |
| This application discloses a process for decomposition of ammonium sulfates found in a stream comprising ammonium sulfate and slurry catalyst in oil. The ammonium sulfate is broken down into ammonia and hydrogen sulfide gas. These gases have many uses throughout the refinery, includi |
| 7584081 |
Method, system and apparatus for real-time reservoir model updating using ensemble kalman filter |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method, system and apparatus for real-time reservoir model updating using ensemble Kalman filters is described. The method includes a conforming step for bring bringing static and dynamic state variables into conformance with one another during a time step of the updating. Also, an |
| 7582591 |
Gear lubricant with low Brookfield ratio |
September 1, 2009 |
| Gear lubricant with a low Brookfield Ratio, comprising: a base oil having sequential carbon atoms, low aromatics, greater than 20 wt % molecules with cycloparaffins and a high ratio of monocycloparaffins to multicycloparaffins; less than 22 wt % of a second base oil having less than |
| 7582200 |
Hydraulic system and a method of operating a hydraulic pump |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method of operating a hydraulic pump, comprising: a. filling a hydraulic system oil reservoir with a hydraulic oil comprising: i. a lubricant base oil having defined properties: and ii. an antiwear hydraulic oil additive package; wherein the hydraulic oil has an air release at 5 |
| 7578926 |
Process to enhance oxidation stability of base oils by analysis of olefins using A.sup.1H NMR |
August 25, 2009 |
| A process for producing a lubricating base oil having high oxidation stability, wherein the feed used to prepare the lubricating base oil contains at least 5 wt. % olefins, said process comprising (a) determining the weight percent of olefins present in the feed by means of .sup.1H N |
| 7577529 |
Method for determining attributes associated with net-sand thickness |
August 18, 2009 |
| The present invention provides a method for determining net-sand thickness and net-reservoir volume over a broad range of gross sand thickness in a target zone. A net-resource attribute is designed to estimate net-sand thickness based upon the inner product of the determined probe functi |
| 7576252 |
Process for the formation of a superior lubricant or fuel blendstock by ionic liquid oligomeriza |
August 18, 2009 |
| A process and method for making a superior lubricant or distillate fuel component by the oligomerization/alkylation of a mixture comprising olefins and isoparaffins to produce an alkylated ("capped") olefin oligomer using an acidic chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst system. Prefer |
| 7572944 |
Process for making and composition of superior lubricant or lubricant blendstock |
August 11, 2009 |
| A process for making and a composition of a superior lubricant or lubricant component by the oligomerization of a mixture comprising olefins and isoparaffins to produce an alkylated ("capped") olefin oligomer having a very high VI and a low cloud point. The process preferably uses an |
| 7572943 |
Alkylation of oligomers to make superior lubricant or fuel blendstock |
August 11, 2009 |
| A process and method for making a superior lubricant or distillate fuel component by the oligomerization of a mixture comprising olefins to form an oligomer and the alkylation of the oligomer with isoparaffins to produce an alkylated ("capped") olefin oligomer preferably using an aci |
| 7572361 |
Lubricant blends with low brookfield viscosities |
August 11, 2009 |
| Lubricant blends and finished gear oils comprising a lubricant base oil fraction derived from highly paraffinic wax, a petroleum derived base oil, and a pour point depressant are provided. The lubricant base oil fraction derived from highly paraffinic wax comprises less than 0.30 wei |
| 7569740 |
Alkylation of olefins with isoparaffins in ionic liquid to make lubricant or fuel blendstock |
August 4, 2009 |
| A process and method for making a superior lubricant or distillate fuel component by the alkylation of C.sub.5+ olefins with isoparaffins to produce a "capped" (alkylated) olefin using an acidic chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst system. Preferably the catalyst system includes a B |
| 7569524 |
Process to make an ashless lubricating oil with high oxidation stability |
August 4, 2009 |
| A process for making an ashless hydraulic fluid or paper machine oil comprising a) hydroisomerization dewaxing, b) fractionating, c) selecting a fraction having a very high VI, and a high level of molecules with cycloparaffinic functionality, and d) blending the fraction with an ashl |
| 7569507 |
Preparing small crystal SSZ-32 and its use in a hydrocarbon conversion process |
August 4, 2009 |
| The invention is directed to a method of making a small crystal SSZ-32 zeolite, known as SSZ-32X. The catalyst is suitable for use in a process whereby a feed including straight chain and slightly branched paraffins having 10 or more carbon atoms is dewaxed to produce an isomerized p |
| 7569207 |
Method of preparing molecular sieve SSZ-74 |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method of preparing a crystalline material, herein designated as SSZ-74, comprising contacting under crystallization conditions (1) a source of silicon oxide, (2) a source of another metal oxide, (3) fluoride ions, and (4) a structure directing agent comprising a hexamethylene-1,6- |
| 7565278 |
Method, system and apparatus for simulating fluid flow in a fractured reservoir utilizing a comb |
July 21, 2009 |
| A three-dimensional hybrid reservoir model representative of a fractured subterranean reservoir is created for simulating fluid flow. The model includes porous matrix blocks and a network of long fractures, which include two-dimensional fracture blocks, that ideally overly and are fl |
| 7555414 |
Method for estimating confined compressive strength for rock formations utilizing skempton theor |
June 30, 2009 |
| A method for estimating the CCS for a rock in the depth of cut zone of a subterranean formation which is to be drilled using a drilling fluid is disclosed. An UCS is determined for a rock in the depth of cut zone. A change in the strength of the rock due to applied stresses imposed on th |
| 7553999 |
Isomerization of butene in the ionic liquid-catalyzed alkylation of light isoparaffins and olefi |
June 30, 2009 |
| A process for producing alkylate comprising contacting a first hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms which contains 1-butene with an isomerization catalyst under conditions favoring the isomerization of 1-butene to 2-butene so the isomerized |
| 7550073 |
Hydrocarbon conversion using molecular sieve SSZ-70 |
June 23, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-70 prepared using a N,N'-diisopropyl imidazolium cation as a structure-directing agent, methods for synthesizing SSZ-70 and processes employing SSZ-70 in a catalyst. |
| 7548840 |
Efficient application of reduced variable transformation and conditional stability testing in re |
June 16, 2009 |
| Methods and computer readable media for performing a compositional reservoir simulation of a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir is provided. Reduced variables for flash computations are utilized with a methodology of conditional stability testing for achieving optimal efficie |
| 7547666 |
Ashless lubricating oil with high oxidation stability |
June 16, 2009 |
| An ashless hydraulic fluid or paper machine oil having a VI between 155 and 300, a RPVOT greater than 680 minutes, and a kinematic viscosity at 40.degree. C. from 19.8 cSt to 748 cSt. An ashless hydraulic fluid or paper machine oil having a high VI and high RPVOT comprising: a) a Group |
| 7546229 |
Multi-scale finite-volume method for use in subsurface flow simulation |
June 9, 2009 |
| A multi-scale finite-volume (MSFV) method to solve elliptic problems with a plurality of spatial scales arising from single or multi-phase flows in porous media is provided. Two sets of locally computed basis functions are employed. A first set of basis functions captures the small-scale |
| 7544645 |
Triester-based lubricants and methods of making same |
June 9, 2009 |
| The present invention is generally directed to triester-based lubricant compositions. The present invention is also directed to methods of making these and other similar lubricant compositions. In some embodiments, the methods for making such triester-based lubricants utilize a biomass |
| 7543613 |
System using a catenary flexible conduit for transferring a cryogenic fluid |
June 9, 2009 |
| A system and a process are provided for transferring a cryogenic fluid such as liquefied natural gas between a floating transport vessel and a storage vessel. The fluid is transferred through at least one submerged/subsea/subsurface catenary flexible conduit, the conduits being confi |
| 7538256 |
Reduction of organic halides in alkylate gasoline |
May 26, 2009 |
| An alkylation process comprising contacting a first hydrocarbon feed comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and a second hydrocarbon feed comprising at least one isoparaffin having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms with a halide-based acidic ionic liquid catalyst under |
| 7537685 |
Hydrocarbon conversion using molecular sieve SSZ-71 |
May 26, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to new molecular sieve SSZ-71 prepared using a N-benzyl-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane cation as a structure-directing agent, methods for synthesizing SSZ-71 and processes employing SSZ-71 in a catalyst. |
| 7537416 |
Riser support system for use with an offshore platform |
May 26, 2009 |
| A riser support system for use in a body of water comprises a buoyant and ballastable support structure and a plurality of substantially vertical and rigid risers each of which is attached to the inside of the support structure at a location below the center of buoyancy of the support |
| 7537058 |
Method for gas production from gas hydrate reservoirs |
May 26, 2009 |
| The present invention is directed to using depressurization methods to create mobile fluid zones for producing fluids from a Class 3 hydrate reservoirs through a well. Aspects of the present invention include a two stage method wherein the first stage includes producing fluid from a |
| 7531707 |
Alkylation process using an alkyl halide promoted ionic liquid catalyst |
May 12, 2009 |
| A process for the production of a high quality gasoline blending components from refinery process streams by the alkylation of light isoparaffins with olefins using an ionic liquid catalyst is disclosed. The alkylation process comprises contacting a hydrocarbon mixture comprising at |
| 7531082 |
High conversion hydroprocessing using multiple pressure and reaction zones |
May 12, 2009 |
| In the refining of crude oil, hydroprocessing units such as hydrotreaters and hydrocrackers are used to remove impurities such as sulfur, nitrogen, and metals from the crude oil. They are also used to convert the feed into valuable products such as naphtha, jet fuel, kerosene and diesel. |
| 7530737 |
System and method for measuring temperature using electromagnetic transmissions within a well |
May 12, 2009 |
| Exemplary systems and methods are directed to measuring temperature in a borehole located below a surface of a landform using high-energy transmission. A sequence of electromagnetic (EM) energy pulses are generated from a signal generator located at the surface of the landform. The e |
| 7527778 |
Zinc-containing zeolite with IFR framework topology |
May 5, 2009 |
| A process is disclosed for preparing a zinc-containing molecular sieve having IFR framework topology and having zinc atoms in its crystal framework, said process comprising: (a) preparing an aqueous mixture containing sources of silicon oxide, zinc oxide, an alkali metal, and an N- |
| 7527775 |
CO.sub.2 removal from gas using ionic liquid absorbents |
May 5, 2009 |
| A process and method for separating CO.sub.2 from a gaseous stream such as natural gas. An ionic liquid comprising an anion having a carboxylate function and an effective amount of water is used as an adsorbent to selectively complex the CO.sub.2 yielding a gaseous stream with a greatly |
| 7520976 |
Multigrade engine oil prepared from Fischer-Tropsch distillate base oil |
April 21, 2009 |
| A multigrade engine oil meeting the specifications for SAE J300 revised June 2001 requirements and a process for preparing it, said engine oil comprising (a) between about 15 to about 94.5 wt % of a hydroisomerized distillate Fischer-Tropsch base oil characterized by (i) a kinematic |
| 7516055 |
Multiple-point statistics (MPS) simulation with enhanced computational efficiency |
April 7, 2009 |
| An enhanced multi-point statistical (MPS) simulation is disclosed. A multiple-grid simulation approach is used which has been modified from a conventional MPS approach to decrease the size of a data search template, saving a significant amount of memory and cpu-time during the simulation |
| 7513935 |
Mixed matrix membrane with super water washed silica containing molecular sieves and methods for |
April 7, 2009 |
| The present invention provides a method for preparing silica containing molecular sieves which may be mixed with an organic polymer to create a mixed matrix membrane. Further, this invention includes a method of making such a mixed matrix membrane and the membrane itself. A process f |
| 7510697 |
Molecular sieve SSZ-74 composition of matter and synthesis thereof |
March 31, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-74 prepared using a hexamethylene-1,6-bis-(N-methyl-N-pyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and methods for synthesizing SSZ-74. |
| 7510674 |
Dielectric fluids and processes for making same |
March 31, 2009 |
| Dielectric fluids comprising oil fractions derived from highly paraffinic wax are provided. Further provided are processes for making these dielectric fluids comprising oil fractions derived from highly paraffinic wax. The dielectric fluids are useful as insulating and cooling mediums |
| 7510005 |
Controlling pressure and static charge build up within an annular volume of a welllbore |
March 31, 2009 |
| A process is described for replacing at least a portion of the liquid within the annular volume of a casing system within a wellbore with a second liquid. The second liquid comprising at least one polymerizable monomer and at least one antistatic agent to control build up of static c |
