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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:
Feb. 18, 1986
Filed:
May. 05, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Matlach, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael E Newberry, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Charles L Thierheimer, Jr, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Petrolite Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137 13 ; 252 / ;
Abstract
An improved method of transporting viscous hydrocarbons containing at least 10 to 15 percent water from a well bore hole or between two points via pipeline which comprises adding to the viscous hydrocarbon containing water a sufficient amount of a nonaqueous solution or dispersion of a surfactant to form a low viscosity oil-in-water emulsion which is easily transported.