Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Ricotta

Joseph A. Ricotta 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).

  • Patent number: 10465492
    Abstract: A system and method for the on-site separating and treating of a hydrocarbon liquid stream at an oil and gas production site is disclosed. The system comprises an oil and condensate distillation unit and a vapor recovery unit. In one embodiment, the oil and condensate distillation unit operates at low pressure or vacuum conditions to reduce the vapor pressure above the column of oil within a distillation column, thereby increasing the production of oil and condensate and capturing entrained natural gas otherwise lost or burned off. In another embodiment, oil from the distillation column can be measured by a flow meter and then transferred to one or more of an oil tank, a mobile tank, and an oil pipeline. Optionally, produced water at the production site can be run through the oil and condensate distillation unit to reduce the volume of produced water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KATA SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. Ricotta
  • Publication number: 20180274347
    Abstract: A system and method for the on-site separating and treating of a hydrocarbon liquid stream at an oil and gas production site is disclosed. The system comprises an oil and condensate distillation unit and a vapor recovery unit. In one embodiment, the oil and condensate distillation unit operates at low pressure or vacuum conditions to reduce the vapor pressure above the column of oil within a distillation column, thereby increasing the production of oil and condensate and capturing entrained natural gas otherwise lost or burned off. In another embodiment, oil from the distillation column can be measured by a flow meter and then transferred to one or more of an oil tank, a mobile tank, and an oil pipeline. Optionally, produced water at the production site can be run through the oil and condensate distillation unit to reduce the volume of produced water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: KATA Systems LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. Ricotta
  • Patent number: 9982516
    Abstract: A system and method for the on-site separating and treating of a hydrocarbon liquid stream at an oil and gas production site is disclosed. The system comprises an oil and condensate distillation unit and a vapor recovery unit. In one embodiment, the oil and condensate distillation unit operates at low pressure or vacuum conditions to reduce the vapor pressure above the column of oil within the tubing, thereby increasing the production of oil and condensate and capturing entrained natural gas otherwise lost or burned off. The system further functions to improve the quality and volume of recovered natural gas and to decrease air pollution, in addition to increasing oil and condensate production at the well site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KATA SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. Ricotta
  • Publication number: 20150337218
    Abstract: A system and method for the on-site separating and treating of a hydrocarbon liquid stream at an oil and gas production site is disclosed. The system comprises an oil and condensate distillation unit and a vapor recovery unit. In one embodiment, the oil and condensate distillation unit operates at low pressure or vacuum conditions to reduce the vapor pressure above the column of oil within the tubing, thereby increasing the production of oil and condensate and capturing entrained natural gas otherwise lost or burned off. The system further functions to improve the quality and volume of recovered natural gas and to decrease air pollution, in addition to increasing oil and condensate production at the well site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Joseph A. Ricotta
  • Patent number: 6545950
    Abstract: Electronic clock calibration systems, methods, and computer program products use a calibration reference signal to calibrate an electronic clock that generates an output signal and that is responsive to a base reference signal. The base reference signal is less accurate than the calibration reference signal and, therefore, has an actual frequency and an ideal frequency associated therewith. The difference between the actual frequency and the ideal frequency represents the inaccuracy of the base reference signal. The calibration reference signal may be used to determine this difference between the actual frequency and ideal frequency of the base reference signal. Once this difference is determined, the frequency of the electronic clock output signal may be adjusted to compensate for the inaccuracy of the base reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc.
    Inventors: Joel James Walukas, Anthony Joseph Ricotta, Jr.