Method and apparatus of obtaining natural gas from a maritime deposit
Patent 5025860 Issued on June 25, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 28, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
March 28, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 2355167 2588296 3011321 Separating gases from geopressured or hydropressured brine Process for recovering natural gas liquids Method for sub-cooling a normally gaseous hydrocarbon mixture Method and apparatus for drawing off low boiling media from pressure systems Patent #: 4898006 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 500749 filed on 03/28/1990US Classes:166/267, Separating outside of well62/48.2And subsequently restored to receptacle as liquidExaminersPrimary: Neuder, William P.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassE21B 043/01Foreign Application Priority Data1989-04-17 CHAbstractThe natural gas which is obtained from a maritime deposit is purified on a platform or ship and is then compressed and cooled while on the platform or ship before being delivered under pressure to a LNG tanker where liquefaction takes place by expansion. An expansion group is disposed on the tanker in order to obtain liquefied natural gas at approximately 1 bar while non-liquified residual gases are returned to the platform or ship via a return line.Field of SearchSeparating outside of wellWith friction drag for setting by turning movement also AUTOMATIC With conservation of cryogen by reduction of vapor to liquid within storage receptacle And subsequently restored to receptacle as liquid With vapor discharged from storage receptacle Storage in modified vehicle (e.g., ship, truck, etc.) DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS INVOLVING GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES Articulated or swinging flow conduit | |
