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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7530393 | Friction loss reduction in viscoelastic surfactant fracturing fluids using low molecular weight water-soluble polymers Adding relatively low molecular weight water-soluble friction loss reduction polymers to an aqueous fluid gelled with a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) increases the critical generalized Reynold's number at which the Fanning friction factor increases and friction pres... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530265 | Method and apparatus for elemental analysis of a fluid downhole The present invention provides a method and apparatus for performing elemental analysis of a formation fluid downhole. The present invention provides elemental analysis of a formation fluid downhole using breakdown spectroscopy. In one aspect of the invention, a met... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7497943 | Additives to enhance metal and amine removal in refinery desalting processes It has been discovered that metals and/or amines can be removed or transferred from a hydrocarbon phase to a water phase in an emulsion breaking process by using a composition that contains water-soluble hydroxyacids. Suitable water-soluble hydroxyacids include, but... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7483152 | High resolution statistical analysis of localized corrosion by direct measurement The process involves first taking height measurements of a surface area at a relatively high resolution, such as 0.1 microns over a range of about 100 microns, of a particular surface area of a substrate prior to any corrosive effect on the substrate. This measureme... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7443168 | Compact magnetic sensor for multi-component induction and micro-resistivity measurements A compact magnetic sensor is described that is capable of use in pad-mounted applications and field-focusing applications. A downhole induction tool is described with a compact induction sensor having electromagnetic transmitters wound on a longitudinal core member ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7425259 | Method for improving liquid yield during thermal cracking of hydrocarbons Metal additives to hydrocarbon feed streams give improved hydrocarbon liquid yield during thermal cracking thereof. Suitable additives include metal overbases and metal dispersions and the metals suitable include, but are not necessarily limited to, magnesium, calci... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7416654 | Method for improving liquid yield during thermal cracking of hydrocarbons Metal additives to hydrocarbon feed streams give improved hydrocarbon liquid yield during thermal cracking thereof. Suitable additives include metal overbases and metal dispersions and the metals suitable include, but are not necessarily limited to, magnesium, calci... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7256224 | Stabilized polymer drag reducing agent slurries A method for producing a stabilized polymer drag reducing agent slurry comprising combining a fatty acid wax and a liquid carrier to form a dispersion; pre-treating the dispersion by heating to partially dissolve the fatty acid wax in the liquid carrier; and adding ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7183359 | Polypropylene having a high maleic anhydride content Polypropylene having high maleic anhydride content, between about 5 and about 45 wt %, may be prepared by first reacting a metallocene-prepared polypropylene having terminal unsaturation with one mole equivalent of maleic anhydride to give polypropylene having a sin... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7164051 | Gas hydrate inhibitors A method for inhibiting formation of hydrocarbon hydrates in mixtures of water and a hydrate-forming guest molecule involves adding a reaction product to the mixtures in an effective amount to inhibit formation of the hydrocarbon hydrates under conditions otherwise ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7119132 | Continuous neat polymerization and ambient grinding methods of polyolefin drag reducing agents A process for continuously producing a polymer drag reducing agent (DRA) is described. The process concerns mixing a monomer and a catalyst in at least one continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) to form a mixture. The mixture is continuously injected into a volume... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7087689 | Method for polymerizing styrene A method of homogeneously polymerizing styrene comprising admixing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and an initiation system that is soluble in the monomer. This system includes a metal; a peroxide, hydroperoxide or mixture thereof; and a reductant. Under approp... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084093 | Catalyzed polyol gel breaker compositions It has been discovered that fracturing fluid breaker mechanisms are improved by the inclusion of a catalyzed polyol alone that directly degrades the polysaccharide backbone, and optionally additionally by removing the crosslinking ion, if present. That is, viscosity... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081285 | Polyethylene useful for blown films and blow molding Blown films and blow molded objects may be prepared using a polyethylene composition comprising a unimodal metallocene catalyzed polyethylene copolymer. The polyethylene copolymer has high melt fow rate and good melt strength allowing it to be useful in both extrusi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6977866 | Method and process for prediction of subsurface fluid and rock pressures in the earth A method of determination of fluid pressures in a subsurface region of the earth uses seismic velocities and calibrations relating the seismic velocities to the effective stress on the subsurface sediments. The seismic velocities may be keyed to defined seismic hori... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6960279 | Method for stabilizing vinyl aromatic monomers using selected polymerization inhibitors and polymers prepared therewith Disclosed is the observation that 7-aryl-quinone methides and 4-tert-butylcatechol, when used in combination in a vinyl aromatic monomer to inhibit polymerization,do not inhibit polymerization to the same extend as each would if used separately. Stated another way, ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956071 | Use of alternate thiol accelerators for crosslinking rubber in asphalt It has been discovered that certain nitrogen-containing thiols other than mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) perform equivalently as accelerators in preparing asphalt polymer compositions. Typically, the crosslinker in these compositions is sulfur. Nitrogen-containing thio... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6367258 | Method and apparatus for vaporizing liquid natural gas in a combined cycle power plant A method and apparatus for increasing the efficiency of a combined cycle generation plant by assisting the vaporization of cold liquid including liquefied natural gas ("LNG") or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in a combined cycle power plant. Cold liquid va... | 04/09/2002 |
