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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:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick L Delaune, Houston, TX (US);
Scott A Hanson, Houston, TX (US);
Howard L McKinzie, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Alan C Wright, Bellaire, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 1909 ; 73 1912 ; 422 78 ; 95178 ; 95254 ; 436177 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for extracting hydrocarbon gas from drilling fluid samples utilizes microwave energy as the source for heating a sample, containing water, sufficiently to cause the extraction of the hydrocarbon gases therefrom. Either a batch or a continuous operation can be realized using this method.