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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2017
Applicants:
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
John A. Babcock, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
John A. Babcock, Houston, TX (US);
Charles P. Siess, III, Conroe, TX (US);
Kevin G. Watts, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/16 (2006.01); C09K 8/584 (2006.01); C09K 8/594 (2006.01); E21B 43/40 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); C09K 8/588 (2006.01); C09K 8/92 (2006.01); C10G 5/06 (2006.01); C10G 70/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/22 (2006.01); G05B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/164 (2013.01); C09K 8/584 (2013.01); C09K 8/588 (2013.01); C09K 8/594 (2013.01); C09K 8/92 (2013.01); C10G 5/06 (2013.01); C10G 70/041 (2013.01); E21B 43/166 (2013.01); E21B 43/40 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/225 (2013.01); G05B 17/00 (2013.01); C09K 2208/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods of optimizing enhanced oil recovery fluids in the form of a hydrocarbon foam, an emulsion based foam, an emulsion, and a gelled enhanced oil recovery fluid, each comprising Y-Grade NGL, which is an unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture that comprises ethane, propane, butane, isobutane, and pentane plus, wherein the unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture is a byproduct of a condensed and demethanized hydrocarbon stream.