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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:
Dec. 28, 1982
Filed:
May. 07, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul R Scott, Brazoria, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; E02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55 47 ; 55 53 ; 405 59 ;
Abstract
Liquid hydrocarbons are stored in salt dome caverns containing brine after first stripping the brine of contaminating gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide by sparging a decontaminating gas such as nitrogen into the brine and removing the nitrogen and the contaminating gases from the salt dome cavern.