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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7534097 | Method and apparatus for controlling multi-fluid flow in a micro channel A method and apparatus for controlling multi-fluid flow in a micro channel is disclosed. The apparatus has a first inlet for a first fluid; a second inlet for a second fluid; a first outlet; and a second outlet. The micro channel is operatively and fluidically conne... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7370706 | Gas lift valve for high pressure operation A unique gas lift valve bellows assembly in which an internal piston incorporated within the bellows provides over travel prevention and over pressure protection during valve operation, independent of the set or operating gas pressures exerted on the gas lift valve.... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360602 | Barrier orifice valve for gas lift Gas lift valve designs and gas lift systems are described that feature a positive closure mechanism that is highly resistant to significant wear or damage that would result in fluid leakage. A pivotable flapper member is incorporated into a gas lift valve and used a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354029 | Apparatus and method for treating process fluids A process fluid treating apparatus includes an ejector assembly fluidically connected to a process fluid supply assembly. A Coanda airfoil is located in the ejector assembly. Primary fluid is injected into the ejector duct to form a Coanda layer. A process fluid, or... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7317073 | Method of producing vacuum in the production of polymers A method is disclosed for producing a vacuum and for separating condensable components present in vapor which accumulates during the production of a polymer by melt-phase polycondensation under vacuum. Vapor produced during the production of polymers by melt-phase p... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7293608 | Liquid well stimulator A stimulator device and associated method is provided for a subterranean liquid well comprising a pump adapted for selectively evacuating vapor from the borehole of the well above a liquid column in the borehole to opposingly impinge the liquid column to hydrostatic... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287597 | Device for improving oil and gas recovery in wells A device for improving recovery of hydrocarbons through a well is provided. The device creates, regulates and maintains a calculated bottomhole pressure at a desired level and creating above the device a two-phase gas-liquid homogenous flow for efficient lifting of ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7228909 | One-way valve for a side pocket mandrel of a gas lift system Embodiments include providing a gas lift system comprising production tubing disposed within a wellbore, the production tubing capable of allowing fluid flow in a first direction from outside the production tubing through a wall of the production tubing to inside th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222675 | Downhole draw down pump and method An apparatus and method for drawing down a fluid level in a wellbore which has a first tubular disposed within the wellbore so that a wellbore annulus is formed. The apparatus further includes an annular nozzle operatively attached to the first tubular, and wherein ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7191830 | Annular pressure relief collar The present invention is an apparatus for relieving annular fluid pressure between nested casing strings. The invention includes a pressure relief collar formed of a cylindrical housing and a set of end connections disposed on opposite sides of the cylindrical housi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191838 | Method and apparatus for pumping wells with a sealing fluid displacement device Liquid is lifted from a well by a fluid displacement device which moves within a production tubing and maintains a seal against the production tubing during movement. The fluid displacement device is moved up and down within the production tubing between the well bo... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7138806 | Position detection The invention relates to a device for detecting the position of a rotor relative to a stator, wherein at least one electrode is arranged on the rotor and at least one electrode is arranged on the stator, such that the electrodes at least partially overlap in at leas... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134489 | System for controlling the discharge of drilling fluid A drilling system is provided for drilling a borehole into an earth formation, the drilling system comprising pump means for pumping drilling fluid into the borehole and discharge means for discharging drilling fluid from the borehole. The discharge means comprises ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7086482 | Recovery of hydrocarbons in oil wells by injection of treated inert gases obtained from the industrial effluence A process of recovering hydrocarbons in oil wells by the injection of treated inert gases from cement clinker production effluence(s) comprising the steps of treating the effluence(s) to make the effluence(s) compatible with the hydrocarbons and injecting the treate... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073597 | Downhole draw down pump and method An apparatus and method for drawing down a fluid level in a wellbore which has a first tubular disposed within the wellbore so that a wellbore annulus is formed. The apparatus further includes an annular nozzle operatively attached to the first tubular, and wherein ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063161 | Artificial lift with additional gas assist Well pumping of fluids having low hydrostatic pressure is provided through a combination of jet pumping and gas assisted lifting. A jet pump is located in a borehole in a producing zone of a well, and a source of gas is introduced into the fluid returning from the p... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048514 | Downhole jet unit for testing and completing wells The invention relates to pumping engineering, mainly to downhole jet production units. The inventive downhole jet unit comprises a packer, a pipe column and a jet pump. An active nozzle and a mixing chamber are axially arranged in the body of the jet pump, and a pas... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044730 | Device for improving gas fuel burning The invention concerns a device for bringing together a gas fuel and an oxidant in proportions providing optimal burning, so as to obtain, in particular for a fuel gas supplied with low pressure level and containing hydrocarbons, a smokeless burning. Said dev... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7003215 | Vapor flow controller A vapor flow controller apparatus for delivery of chemical reagent vapors from a liquid phase source material is provided which includes a source container containing the liquid phase source material, a pump to transport the liquid phase source material to a vaporiz... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6973973 | Gas operated pump for hydrocarbon wells The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method for improving production from a wellbore. In one aspect, a downhole pump for use in a wellbore is provided. The downhole pump includes two or more chambers for the accumulation of formation fluids an... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6959585 | Skids, modules, and modular system for monitoring hydrogen-cooled generators A modular system for monitoring a hydrogen-cooled generator includes a skid having a platform and an upwardly extending support. The support is attachable to a hydrogen gas purity monitoring module, a generator overheat monitoring module, a hydrogen gas dryer module... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6957749 | Liquid delivery system In a first aspect, a liquid delivery system is provided that includes a first liquid delivery module adapted to store and dispense a first chemical and a second liquid delivery module adapted to store and dispense a second chemical. The liquid delivery system furthe... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6942463 | Combination water pump/air compressor system A combination water pump/air compressor system for performing two separate functions with one unit by providing compressed air and water. The combination water pump/air compressor system includes a piping configuration including a main pipe capable of carrying a com... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932581 | Gas lift valve A gas lift valve that is usable with a subterranean well includes a housing, a valve stem and at least one bellows. The housing has a port that is in communication with a first fluid, and the valve stem is responsive to the first fluid to establish a predefined thre... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6913027 | Resist stripping method and apparatus A method and an apparatus capable of stripping resist efficiently in a short amount of time. A stripping solution under high pressure is jetted from a nozzle to a rotating wafer. The resist layer on the wafer is applied with the jetted stripping solution, and the re... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907933 | Sub-sea blow case compressor A sub-sea submersible compressing apparatus having at least one compressor tank. A compressor tank is configured to receive gas from a gas/liquid separator and has an inlet for water. The compressor further comprises a pump to pump water from the compressor tank the... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6835484 | Supersonic vapor compression and heat rejection cycle Apparatus for cooling a fuel cell stack. The cooling system uses vaporization cooling of the fuel stack and supersonic vapor compression of the vaporized coolant to significantly increase the temperature and pressure of the liquid coolant flowing through a heat exch... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6767191 | Method of compressing gaseous hydrocarbon-containing medium The invention relates to the field of petrochemistry, in particular to a method of compressing a gaseous hydrocarbon-containing medium, for example, different hydrocarbon gases including flares produced in the oil refining and petrochemical industries. A distillate ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6666269 | Method and apparatus for producing fluid from a well and for limiting accumulation of sediments in the well An electric submersible pumping system provides for the production of fluids from a well and for limiting the amount of sediment accumulation in the well. The apparatus includes an electric submersible pumping system lowered into a well on a production tu... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6616418 | Vapor evacuation device A method and system for evacuating vapors from a vessel comprising at least one fluid line which can have a pump configured to draw a water and/or air mixture which is combined with vapors vacuumed from a tank via another inlet, yielding a solution that c... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6579069 | Method of compressing gaseous hydrocarbon-containing medium The invention relates to the field of petrochemistry, in particular to a method of compressing a gaseous hydrocarbon-containing medium, for example, different hydrocarbon gases including flares produced in the oil refining and petrochemical industries. A ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6533951 | Method of manufacturing fluid pump A method of manufacturing a pump [10] for pumping various primary fluids. A body is formed from silicon dies [102,104]. A primary fluid channel [110] is formed in the body and a primary fluid supply [122] is coupled to the primary fluid channel [110] to s... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6460784 | Liquid-gas jet apparatus In the field of jet technology a nozzle of a liquid-gas jet apparatus for feed of an active liquid medium has a central channel and a peripheral annular channel and the total surface area of the outlet cross-section of the nozzle channels is determined fr... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6422826 | Fluid pump and method A pump(10) for pumping various primary fluids includes a body(100) having a primary fluid channel(110) defined therein, and a primary fluid supply is coupled to the primary fluid channel to supply a primary fluid to the primary fluid channel. A mechanism(... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6413053 | Apparatus and method for moving fluid A method of supplying water from a well is provided. The method includes the following steps. First, a supply apparatus is provided that includes a container having first and second ends and a first chamber extending to a first opening in the second end. ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6371145 | System and method for compressing a fluid A fluid pressurizing system and method according to which a fluid at a low pressure is compressed by fluid to increase its pressure to enable it to be discharged from the system and to an external delivery point.... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6368067 | Dual chamber liquid pump The fluid pump of the present invention includes an upper enclosure for holding fluid (typically a liquid) from a fluid input source, and a lower enclosure for outputting the fluid to an output line. A first valve (a) controls the fluid input flow into th... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6364624 | Operation method for a pumping-ejection apparatus and pumping-ejection apparatus for realizing this method An operational method includes evacuating a gaseous medium by a steam-gas ejector, feeding a steam-gas mixture formed in the steam-gas ejector into a counter-flow condenser-separator, feeding a condensing hydrocarbon liquid, whose saturated vapor pressure... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6354807 | Method for generating vacuum and pumping-ejection apparatus for realizing the same A method for producing a vacuum, which includes feeding an ejecting vaporous medium into the gas ejector, evacuating an ejected gaseous medium by the ejecting vaporous medium, mixing of the vaporous and gaseous mediums and forming a mixture of the two, ev... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6352109 | Method and apparatus for gas lift system for oil and gas wells An intermittent gas lift well pumping system containing an accumulator, a gas line, a liquid discharge line, and a battery operated controller. By using one or more constrictions in the gas line and acoustical techniques, accurate liquid level is determin... | 03/05/2002 |
