| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7611635 |
System and method for separating a fluid stream |
November 3, 2009 |
| A system (1) for separating a fluid stream (2) comprising gas, a light liquid and a heavy liquid, the system comprising a separation vessel (5) that is arranged to define a downwardly extending separation space and comprises a downwardly sloping tube (8), the separation space having an |
| 7610962 |
Sour gas injection for use with in situ heat treatment |
November 3, 2009 |
| Systems, methods, and heaters for treating a subsurface formation are described herein. At least one method for providing acidic gas to a subsurface formation is described herein. The method may include providing heat from one or more heaters to a portion of a subsurface formation; p |
| 7610953 |
Assembly of baffles and seals and method of assembling a heat exchanger |
November 3, 2009 |
| An assembly of baffles and seals for mounting in a heat exchanger shell, comprising a plurality of longitudinal baffles; a plurality of longitudinal seals for sealingly engaging longitudinal rims of the longitudinal baffles against the heat exchanger shell after mounting, and further |
| 7610951 |
Apparatus and process for cooling hot gas |
November 3, 2009 |
| Process to cool hot gas by passing the hot gas through a tube having a main tubular part and an upstream tubular part, wherein (i) the exterior of main tubular part is cooled by an evaporating liquid cooling medium flowing freely around said tube, (ii) the upstream tubular part is cooled |
| 7609065 |
System and method for locating an anomaly |
October 27, 2009 |
| A method and a system are provided for allowing determination of a direction and distance from a tool to anomaly in a formation. The apparatus for performing the method includes at least one transmitter and at least one receiver. An embodiment of the method includes transmitting elec |
| 7604052 |
Compositions produced using an in situ heat treatment process |
October 20, 2009 |
| Systems, methods, and heaters for treating a subsurface formation are described herein. At least one method for producing hydrocarbons from a subsurface formation includes providing heat to the subsurface formation using an in situ heat treatment process. One or more formation particles |
| 7603758 |
Method of coupling a tubular member |
October 20, 2009 |
| A tubular member is expanded by pressurizing an interior region within the tubular member. |
| 7601320 |
System and methods for producing oil and/or gas |
October 13, 2009 |
| A system including a mechanism for recovering oil and/or gas from an underground formation, the oil and/or gas comprising one or more sulfur compounds; a mechanism for converting at least a portion of the sulfur compounds from the recovered oil and/or gas into a carbon disulfide form |
| 7601316 |
Method of reducing NOx and particulates from internal combustion engines |
October 13, 2009 |
| Oxides of nitrogen are adsorbed onto the surfaces of, and particulates are trapped in, pores of channels (130, 133, 139-151) in a porous, interdigitated ceramic particulate filter (57, 100) that has relative rotation with respect to a gas inlet distributor (76, 101). The distributor |
| 7598426 |
Self-lubricating diesel fuel and method of making and using same |
October 6, 2009 |
| A diesel fuel comprising a mixture of normal paraffins and branched paraffins. The normal paraffins present in the diesel fuel is less than about 99% by weight; and the aromatic content in the diesel fuel is less than about 10% by weight. The diesel fuel has a cetane number of at least |
| 7598406 |
Production of ethylene oxide |
October 6, 2009 |
| Process for the recovery of ethylene oxide (EO) from fat absorbent (FA) which comprises providing a feed of elevated temperature FA to an EO Stripper, providing a stripping gas feed and contacting the stripping gas feed at elevated temperature with the elevated temperature FA feed, o |
| 7597748 |
Process to separate solids from solids laden gaseous flow |
October 6, 2009 |
| A process to separate solids from a solids laden gaseous flow containing more than 100 mg/Nm.sup.3 solids by separating solids from the gaseous flow using a gas-solids separator resulting in a gaseous flow containing less than 50 mg/Nm.sup.3 solids and an underflow having the separated |
| 7597742 |
Process for treating a loaded solvent stream having a time-varying concentration of contaminant |
October 6, 2009 |
| The invention provides a process for treating a loaded solvent stream having a time-varying contaminant concentration, the process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of hold-up tanks; (b) feeding the loaded solvent stream in dependence on its contaminant concentration to |
| 7597724 |
Gasoline composition |
October 6, 2009 |
| A gasoline composition is provided containing a hydrocarbon base fuel containing 5 to 20% v olefins, not greater than 5% v olefins of at least 10 carbon atoms, not greater than 5% v aromatics of at least 10 carbon atoms, initial boiling point in the range 24 to 45.degree. C., T.sub.10 |
| 7597147 |
Temperature limited heaters using phase transformation of ferromagnetic material |
October 6, 2009 |
| Systems, methods, and heaters for treating a subsurface formation are described herein. Systems and methods for making heaters are described herein. At least one heater includes a ferromagnetic conductor and an electrical conductor. The electrical conductor is electrically coupled to |
| 7597140 |
Expansion device for expanding a pipe |
October 6, 2009 |
| A pipe expansion device having an expansion cone tapering in forward direction, a cone-guide, an actuator for displacing the expansion cone and the elongated cone-guide relative to each other, a retrievable end anchor, and a middle anchor joined to the expansion cone. |
| 7597067 |
Process to reduce the temperature of a hydrogen and carbon monoxide containing gas and heat exch |
October 6, 2009 |
| A process to reduce the temperature of a hydrogen and carbon monoxide containing gas by contacting the gas with a metal alloy surface having a lower temperature than the temperature of the gas, wherein the metal alloy surface has between 0 and 20 wt % iron, between 0 and 5 wt % alumi |
| 7594942 |
Gas/liquid separator |
September 29, 2009 |
| A gas/liquid separator comprising a vertical vessel having an inlet for a gas/liquid mixture; a gas/liquid separation device arranged within the vessel, which separation device has an inlet in fluid communication with the inlet of the vessel, and an outlet means for at least partially |
| 7591941 |
Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product |
September 22, 2009 |
| Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude feed may include Micro-Carbon Residue (MCR), oxygen, sulfur, or mixtures thereof. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25.degree. C. and 0.101 MPa. The crude produ |
| 7591310 |
Methods of hydrotreating a liquid stream to remove clogging compounds |
September 22, 2009 |
| A method includes producing formation fluid from a subsurface in situ heat treatment process. The formation fluid is separated to produce a liquid stream and a gas stream. At least a portion of the liquid stream is provided to a hydrotreating unit. At least a portion of selected in situ |
| 7591188 |
Stress and/or tension monitoring systems and methods |
September 22, 2009 |
| There is disclosed a system comprising a structure, from 1 to 10 dynamic tension sensors, adapted to monitor a dynamic tension level of at least one point along a length of the structure, and a controller adapted to calculate a dynamic bending stress or strain level at a plurality of |
| 7589245 |
Process for preparing linear alpha olefins |
September 15, 2009 |
| A process for the preparation of linear alpha olefins having 2n carbon atoms from linear alpha olefins having n carbon atoms comprising the steps of (a) dimerizing a linear alpha olefin having n carbon atoms in the presence of a dimerization catalyst to produce a linear internal olef |
| 7588681 |
Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product |
September 15, 2009 |
| Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25.degree. C. and 0.101 MPa. The one or more catalyst may include an uncalcined catalyst. One or more other properties of the crude prod |
| 7588627 |
Process for the removal of H.sub.2S and mercaptans from a gas stream |
September 15, 2009 |
| The invention relates to a process for the removal of, H.sub.2S and mercaptans from a gas stream comprising these compounds, which process comprises the steps of: (a) removing H.sub.2S from the gas stream by contacting the gas stream in a H2S-removal zone with a first aqueous alkalin |
| 7584789 |
Methods of cracking a crude product to produce additional crude products |
September 8, 2009 |
| A method for producing a crude product is disclosed. Formation fluid is produced from a subsurface in situ heat treatment process. The formation fluid is separated to produce a liquid stream and a first gas stream. The first gas stream includes olefins. The liquid stream is fractionated |
| 7582588 |
Method of manufacturing a catalyst |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method of manufacturing a catalyst, a catalyst precursor, or a catalyst support comprising: (a) mixing a refractory metal oxide or precursor thereof with a liquid to form a paste; (b) adding said paste to an extruder, the extruder having a die plate comprising one or more dies, eac |
| 7582203 |
Hydrocarbon cracking process for converting gas oil preferentially to middle distillate and lowe |
September 1, 2009 |
| Described is a hydrocarbon cracking process for converting a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock selectively to middle distillate and lower olefins by catalytically cracking a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock within a riser reactor zone by contacting the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock with both a mi |
| 7581905 |
Vessel for storing particulate matter and discharge device for use in the same |
September 1, 2009 |
| The invention pertains to a vessel (1) for storing particulate matter, such as pulverised coal or fly ash, comprising a main part (2) and, at its bottom portion, at least one discharge device (3), which comprises a converging outer shell (10) and a permeable, converging inner shell (14) |
| 7581589 |
Methods of producing alkylated hydrocarbons from an in situ heat treatment process liquid |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method for producing alkylated hydrocarbons is disclosed. Formation fluid is produced from a subsurface in situ heat treatment process. The formation fluid is separated to produce a liquid stream and a first gas stream. The first gas stream includes olefins. The liquid stream is fr |
| 7578347 |
Method of sealing an annular space in a wellbore |
August 25, 2009 |
| A method of sealing a space in a wellbore formed in an earth formation comprises inserting a plurality of swellable particles into the space by pumping them in a carrier fluid, the particles being susceptible to swelling upon contact with a selected fluid, and inducing the selected f |
| 7578038 |
Apparatus and methods for remote installation of devices for reducing drag and vortex induced vi |
August 25, 2009 |
| Apparatus and methods for remotely installing vortex-induced vibration (VIV) reduction and drag reduction devices on elongated structures in flowing fluid environments. The apparatus is a tool for transporting and installing the devices. The devices installed can include clamshell-sh |
| 7575053 |
Low temperature monitoring system for subsurface barriers |
August 18, 2009 |
| A system for monitoring temperature of a subsurface low temperature zone is described. The system includes a plurality of freeze wells configured to form the low temperature zone, one or more lasers, and a fiber optic cable coupled to at least one laser. A portion of the fiber optic cabl |
| 7575052 |
In situ conversion process utilizing a closed loop heating system |
August 18, 2009 |
| An in situ conversion system for producing hydrocarbons from a subsurface formation is described. The system includes a plurality of u-shaped wellbores in the formation. Piping is positioned in at least two of the u-shaped wellbores. A fluid circulation system is coupled to the piping. |
| 7569156 |
Process for the manufacture of synthesis gas by partial oxidation of a liquid hydrocarbon-contai |
August 4, 2009 |
| The invention is directed to a process to prepare a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide by performing a partial oxidation on a hydrocarbon feed using a multi-orifice burner provided with an arrangement of separate passages, wherein the hydrocarbon flows through a passage of the b |
| 7568363 |
Treating of a crude containing natural gas |
August 4, 2009 |
| A process for treating a crude containing natural gas comprising supplying the crude to a stabilization unit to obtain a gaseous stream and crude oil; supplying a compressed, gaseous stream at a low temperature to the bottom of a first column; partly condensing the first gaseous overhead |
| 7565936 |
Combined telemetry system and method |
July 28, 2009 |
| Telemetry systems and methods are disclosed for real time communication of information between multiple positions in a wellbore. |
| 7563919 |
Process for the preparation of an alkanediol and a dialkyl carbonate |
July 21, 2009 |
| An alkanediol and a dialkyl carbonate are prepared in a process comprising: (a) contacting an alkylene carbonate with an alkanol feedstock under transesterification conditions in a reactive distillation zone to obtain a top stream comprising dialkyl carbonate and the alkanol and a bo |
| 7563745 |
Shaped catalyst particles for hydrocarbon synthesis |
July 21, 2009 |
| The invention relates to a shaped catalyst or catalyst precursor containing a catalytically active component or a precursor therefore, the component selected from elements of Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, supported on a carrier, which catalyst or catalyst precurso |
| 7562707 |
Heating hydrocarbon containing formations in a line drive staged process |
July 21, 2009 |
| Method for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation are described herein. Methods may include providing heat to a first section of the formation with one or more first heaters in the first section. First hydrocarbons may be heated in the first section such that at least some of th |
| 7562706 |
Systems and methods for producing hydrocarbons from tar sands formations |
July 21, 2009 |
| A system for treating a tar sands formation is disclosed. A plurality of heaters are located in the formation. The heaters include at least partially horizontal heating sections at least partially in a hydrocarbon layer of the formation. The heating sections are at least partially ar |
| 7561771 |
Method for installing a double ended distributed sensing fiber optical assembly within a guide c |
July 14, 2009 |
| A method of installing a double ended distributed sensing optical fiber assembly within a guide conduit. The optical fiber sensing assembly has a first elongate section with a first proximal end and a first distal end, and a second elongate section with a second proximal end and a second |
| 7560605 |
Process for producing branched olefins from linear olefin/paraffin feed |
July 14, 2009 |
| A process for producing branched olefins from a mixed linear olefin/paraffin isomerisation feed comprising linear olefins having at least 7 carbon atoms in 5-50% w comprising in a first stage skeletally isomerising linear olefins in the isomerisation feed and in a second stage separa |
| 7560411 |
Olefin epoxidation process, a catalyst for use in the process, a carrier for use in preparing th |
July 14, 2009 |
| A process is provided for preparing a carrier which process comprises incorporating into the carrier at any stage of the carrier preparation a strength-enhancing additive. Also provided is the resultant carrier having incorporated therein a strength-enhancing additive and a catalyst |
| 7559368 |
Solution mining systems and methods for treating hydrocarbon containing formations |
July 14, 2009 |
| A method for treating an oil shale formation comprising nahcolite is disclosed. The method includes providing a first fluid to a portion of the formation through at least two injection wells. A second fluid is produced from the portion through at least one injection well until at lea |
| 7559367 |
Temperature limited heater with a conduit substantially electrically isolated from the formation |
July 14, 2009 |
| A system for heating a hydrocarbon containing formation is described. A conduit may be located in an opening in the formation. The conduit includes ferromagnetic material. An electrical conductor is positioned inside the conduit, and is electrically coupled to the conduit at or near |
| 7557581 |
Method for imaging subterranean formations |
July 7, 2009 |
| A method of imaging a subterranean formation traversed by a wellbore using a tool comprising a transmitter for transmitting electromagnetic signals through the formation and a receiver for detecting response signals. The tool is brought to a first position inside the wellbore, and the |
| 7557062 |
Catalyst composition, its preparation and use |
July 7, 2009 |
| An unsupported catalyst composition which comprises one or more Group VIb metals, one or more Group VIII metals, and a refractory oxide material which comprises 50 wt % or more titania, on oxide basis, which is prepared by precipitation techniques, finds use in the hydroprocessing of |
| 7556729 |
Method for the selective hydrodesulfurization of an olefin containing hydrocarbon feedstock |
July 7, 2009 |
| Described is a method for the selective hydrodesulfurization of an olefin-containing hydrocarbon feedstock that uses a catalyst composition having a high content of a nickel component and an effective but small amount of a molybdenum component supported on a porous refractory oxide. |
| 7556727 |
Kerosene composition |
July 7, 2009 |
| A kerosene composition is provided containing, in relation to the total composition, at least 99% by weight of n-paraffins and iso-paraffins, having the properties indicated by the following formulae: 6.0.degree. C..ltoreq.FBP(end point)-95% distillation point.ltoreq.11.0.degree. C.; |
| 7556096 |
Varying heating in dawsonite zones in hydrocarbon containing formations |
July 7, 2009 |
| A method for treating an oil shale formation comprising dawsonite includes assessing a dawsonite composition of one or more zones in the formation. Heat from one or more heaters is provided to the formation such that different amounts of heat are provided to zones with different dawsonit |
