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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:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt P. McCaslin, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Kerr-McGee Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 9/00 ; E21B 4/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 9/00 ; E21B 4/300 ;
Abstract
Methods of placing off-shore wells on production comprising the steps of separating a gas from oil or oil and water produced by the well, introducing the gas into the seawater surrounding the well at a depth where the temperature and pressure of the seawater are such that solid gas hydrates are formed when the gas is mixed with the seawater, mixing the gas with the seawater whereby the gas is converted to solid gas hydrates and depositing the solid gas hydrates on the sea floor.