Patents by Inventor Gerson Siachoque

Gerson Siachoque has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for improving and recuperating waste, heavy and extra heavy hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 7854836
    Abstract: A process for upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon includes the steps of obtaining a heavy hydrocarbon; contacting the heavy hydrocarbon with a solvent at upgrading conditions so as to produce a first product comprising a mixture of upgraded hydrocarbon and solvent and a second product comprising asphaltene waste, water and solvent; and feeding the first product to a separator to separate the upgraded hydrocarbon from the solvent. A system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: INTEVEP, S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel Chirinos, Felix Silva, Gerson Siachoque, Miguel Marquina, Miguel A. Paraco, Galanda Morfes, Carlos Conde
  • Process for improving and recuperating waste, heavy and extra heavy hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20070295644
    Abstract: A process for upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon includes the steps of obtaining a heavy hydrocarbon; contacting the heavy hydrocarbon with a solvent at upgrading conditions so as to produce a first product comprising a mixture of upgraded hydrocarbon and solvent and a second product comprising asphaltene waste, water and solvent; and feeding the first product to a separator to separate the upgraded hydrocarbon from the solvent. A system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Manuel Chirinos, Felix Silva, Gerson Siachoque, Miguel Marquina, Miguel A. Paraco, Galanda Morfes, Carlos Conde
  • Process for in SITU upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon
    Patent number: 6405799
    Abstract: A process for in situ upgrading of a heavy hydrocarbon includes the steps of (a) positioning a well in a reservoir containing a heavy hydrocarbon having an initial API gravity of less than or equal to about 8; (b) injecting a light solvent into the well at reservoir conditions so as to provide an upgraded hydrocarbon in the reservoir, the upgraded hydrocarbon having an improved API gravity greater than the initial API gravity; and (c) producing the upgraded hydrocarbon from the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Intevep, S.A.
    Inventors: Carlos Vallejos, Tito Vasquez, Gerson Siachoque, Ignacio Layrisse