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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046934 | MONITORING A REGION OF INTEREST IN A SUBSURFACE FORMATION A method of monitoring a subsurface formation (2) including a region of interest (1), below a surface region, which method comprises the steps of exciting seismic interface waves (14), in the surface region over an area of the earth's surface at a f... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044861 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE A system is provided for producing and separating hydrogen and carbon dioxide from a hydrocarbon and steam. A hydrocarbon and steam are steam reformed and the reformed gas is shift reacted to produce a shift gas in the system. Hydrogen is removed from the shift gas, and... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041949 | HYDROGEN DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF The invention provides a hydrogen dispensing system comprising: a feed vessel for storing liquid hydrogen having an inlet and an outlet; a flash drum having an inlet and an outlet; a dispenser for dispensing gaseous hydrogen at a pressure of greater than 300 bar, having... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041732 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING ASPHALT A process for manufacturing asphalt is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: (i) heating bitumen; (ii) heating aggregate; and (iii) mixing the hot bitumen with the hot aggregate in a mixing unit to form asphalt. From 10 to 200 wt % of sulphur, based upon the we... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041729 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING ASPHALT A process for manufacturing asphalt is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of : (i) heating bitumen; (ii) heating aggregate; and (iii) mixing the hot bitumen with the hot aggregate in a mixing unit to form asphalt. From 10 to 200 wt % of sulphur, based upon the w... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041687 | MULTI-STAGE MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS The invention concerns a process for the removal of gaseous acidic contaminants, especially carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen sulphide, in two or more stages from a gaseous hydrocarbonaceous feedstream (1) comprising hydrocarbons and said acidic contaminants, using ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110038672 | SYSTEM AND METHODS TO INSTALL SUBSEA STRUCTURES A system comprising a structure defining an interior of the system; an apparatus exterior to the structure, the apparatus adapted to reduce in size when lowered into a body of water; a strap exterior to the apparatus, the strap adapted to reduce in size as the apparatus... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038228 | METHOD OF MARINE TIME-LAPSE SEISMIC SURVEYING A method of marine time-lapse seismic surveying of a subsurface formation, comprises providing a baseline survey, providing a monitor survey that includes information about changes in the subsurface relative to the baseline survey, recording a repeat survey so closely i... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036751 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPERHEATED VAPOR CONTACTING AND VAPORIZATION OF FEEDSTOCKS CONTAINING HIGH BOILING POINT AND UNVAPORIZABLE FOULANTS IN AN OLEFINS FURNACE A contactor/separator is formed from a vessel; an inlet for receiving a vapor/liquid mixture; an inlet for receiving a superheated vapor; a hub located within the vessel, the hub including a plurality of vanes for imparting a centrifugal motion to the vapor/liquid mixtu... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036569 | DOWN-HOLE TRANSMITTER SYSTEM, METHOD OF INDUCING A TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD IN AN EARTH FORMATION, METHOD OF OBTAINING A TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE SIGNAL, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A HYDROCARBON FLUID A down-hole tool provided with a transmitter system for inducing a transient electromagnetic field in an earth formation has an induction coil with a number of windings to generate essentially a magnetic dipole field. The number of windings is divided into two or more g... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING AND FRACTIONATING A MIXED HYDROCARBON FEED STREAM A condensed mixed hydrocarbon feed stream (10), recovered from an initial feed stream (8), is fractionated into one ore more fractionated streams. In this process, the condensed mixed hydrocarbon feed stream (10) is separated into at least a first p... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035991 | GASOLINE COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ALKYLFURFURYL ETHER A gasoline composition containing in the range of from 0.1 to 30 wt % alkylfurfuryl ether with an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms is provided. The gasoline composition is prepared by blending the alkylfurfuryl ether in a gasoline base fuel. The alkylfurfuryl ethe... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110034710 | EPOXIDATION CATALYST, A PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE CATALYST, AND A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN OLEFIN OXIDE, A 1,2-DIOL, A 1,2-DIOL ETHER, A 1,2-CARBONATE, OR AN ALKANOLAMINE A catalyst for the epoxidation of an olefin comprising a carrier and, deposited on the carrier, silver, a rhenium promoter, a first co-promoter, and a second co-promoter; wherein the molar ratio of the first co-promoter to the second co-promoter is greater than 1; the f... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING A MIDDLE DISTILLATE PRODUCT AND LOWER OLEFINS FROM A HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK A system comprising a riser reactor comprising a gas oil feedstock and a first catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions to yield a riser reactor product comprising a cracked gas oil product and a first used catalyst; an intermediate reactor comprising at least a por... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030467 | REAL-TIME COMPLETION MONITORING WITH ACOUSTIC WAVES A method for monitoring fluid flow through a downhole device, comprises a) providing an acoustic tube wave in fluid in the device; b) measuring the acoustic tube wave after it has passed through the fluid in the device; and c) assessing the permeability of the device by... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028745 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ALKYLENE OXIDE A process for the preparation of alkylene oxide, which process involves mixing fresh feed containing organic hydroperoxide and alkene with a recycle stream to obtain a reaction mixture containing of from 5 to 80% wt of alcohol, based on total amount of reaction mixture,... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028359 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCED HYDROCARBONS RECOVERY A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation, comprising (a) providing a composition to at least a portion of the hydrocarbon containing formation, wherein the composition comprises a derivative selected from the group consisting of a carboxylate or a sulfate... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024351 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF SPENT CAUSTIC The invention provides a method and apparatus for biologically treating a spent caustic to provide a treated spent caustic, said method comprising the steps of: (a) passing a spent caustic stream (25) comprising water, alkali metal hydroxide and sulphide to a fir... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024126 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS THROUGH A WELL OR WELL CLUSTER OF WHICH THE TRAJECTORY IS OPTIMIZED BY A TRAJECTORY OPTIMISATION ALGORITHM A method is disclosed for producing hydrocarbon fluid, such as crude oil and/or natural gas, through a well or well cluster of which the trajectory is at least partly defined and iteratively optimized by an well trajectory optimization algorithm which is coupled to a fi... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023537 | PROCESS FOR THE SEPARATION OF CO2 FROM A GASEOUS FEED STREAM The invention provides a process for the separation of CO2 from a gaseous feed stream, comprising the subsequent steps of: a) cooling a porous body in the form of a fixed bed (101,102,103) to a temperature below the sublimation temperature of CO2 ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING A HYDROCARBON STREAM A method and apparatus for cooling a hydrocarbon stream such as natural gas. An initial hydrocarbon stream is passed through a first separator to provide an initial overhead stream and a mixed hydrocarbon feed stream. The initial overhead stream is cooled to provide a c... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110021853 | PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF ETHANE TO AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS A process for producing aromatic hydrocarbons which comprises (a) contacting ethane with a dehyroaromatization aromatic catalyst which is comprised of 0.005 to 0.1% wt platinum, an amount of iron which is equal to or greater than the amount of the platinum, from 10 to 9... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021850 | RENEWABLE BASE OIL COMPOSITION The present invention relates to a base oil composition comprising at least one or more hydrogenated polymethylated triterpenes of the general formula CnH(2n+2).... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021392 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION The present invention provides a method for preparing a lubricating composition, in particular a grease, the method at least comprising the steps of: a) providing a base oil composition optionally containing one or more additives; b) providing a solution of one or more ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021389 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCED HYDROCARBONS RECOVERY A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation, comprising (a) providing a hydrocarbon recovery composition to at least a portion of the hydrocarbon containing formation, wherein the hydrocarbon recovery composition comprises a propoxylated composition which co... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020203 | PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A GAS The invention provides a process for the removal of CO2 from a gas, the process comprising the steps of: (a) removing CO2 from the gas by contacting the gas with absorbing liquid in an absorber to obtain absorbing liquid enriched in CO2 ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017468 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS THROUGH A SMART WELL A method is disclosed for producing hydrocarbons through an instrumented smart well containing a well tubular (6,29-32) and an assembly of power, DTS and/or other sensing and/or signal transmission cables (13,40-44) comprising at least one po... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017462 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCED HYDROCARBONS RECOVERY A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation, comprising (a) providing a composition to at least a portion of the hydrocarbon containing formation, wherein the composition comprises a glycerol sulfonate of a propoxylated primary alcohol having a branched alip... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017061 | PROCESS FOR REGENERATION OF ADSORBENT BEDS The invention provides a process for the regeneration of at least one adsorbent bed, comprising at least the steps of: (a) contacting a first adsorbent bed (B1) with a gaseous stream (10) such that at least a portion of adsorbed species in said first adsor... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110015312 | BINDER COMPOSITION AND ASPHALT MIXTURE A binder composition and asphalt mixture that are suitably used to prepare asphalt pavements are disclosed. The binder composition comprises a resin of vegetable origin, an oil of vegetable origin and a polymer, and the polymer comprises functional groups chosen from ca... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011723 | GLYCOL SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION A process and an apparatus for the separation of a homogeneous catalyst solution from crude monoethylene glycol (MEG) and for purifying MEG is disclosed. The process comprises separating catalyst solution by evaporating crude MEG and feeding crude MEG to a rectification... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009684 | MULTI-STAGE MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS The invention concerns a process for the removal of gaseous acidic contaminants, especially carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen sulphide, in two or more stages from a gaseous hydrocarbonaceous feedstream (1) comprising hydrocarbons and said acidic contaminants, using ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A HYDROCARBON FLUID In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and a method are disclosed for measuring a time varying magnetic field. In one aspect, a system comprises a plurality of induction coils arranged to measure the time varying magnetic field using at least one voltage in... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005749 | WATER PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS A system comprising a well drilled into an underground formation comprising hydrocarbons; a water supply; a steam production facility, the steam production facility comprising a filter to remove at least 80% of a quantity of divalent cations in the water supply; an exch... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005443 | SPAR STRUCTURES A spar platform comprising a deck; a buoyant tank assembly, comprising a first buoyant section connected to the deck, the first buoyant section comprises an aspect ratio from 0.001 to 1, the first buoyant section aspect ratio defined as a vertical draft of the first buo... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005190 | KEROSENE BASE FUEL The subject invention relates to a kerosene base fuel having an initial boiling point in the range 130 to 160° C. and a final boiling point in the range 250 to 300° C. as determined according to ASTM method D86, and comprising less than 15% by weight of aromatic compo... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110000822 | METHOD FOR THE START-UP OF A CATALYTIC PROCESS The present invention relates to a process for starting up a hydrotreating process using a bulk metal catalyst, said process comprising the steps of: i) providing a hydrocarbon feed stream containing less than 100 ppmw nitrogen-containing species; ii) adding a nitrogen-... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000650 | INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF EXCHANGING HEAT Indirect heat exchange device comprising heat exchanger tubes arranged in at least 2 layers each of which layers comprises at least 2 heat exchanger tubes wherein the heat exchanger tubes are eccentrically finned (53) heat exchanger tubes having a ratio of surfac... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000124 | GASOLINE COMPOSITIONS A gasoline composition is provided comprising:
| 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331959 | METHOD OF RADIALLY EXPANDING A TUBULAR ELEMENT The invention relates to a method of radially expanding a tubular element extending into a wellbore formed in an earth formation, the tubular element including a first layer and a second layer extending around the first layer, said layers being separable from each other... | 12/30/2010 |
