Patents Represented by Attorney James F. Powers
  • Patent number: 4417621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for recovering oil from a subterranean, viscous oil-containing formation by injecting a gaseous driving fluid such as carbon dioxide into the formation and recovering oil therefrom while simultaneously transmitting vibrations in the seismic frequency range having an amplitude not exceeding 100 Angstrom units through the formation which enhances the flow of the carbon dioxide and thereby increases the efficiency of recovering the oil. The frequency of the vibrations is within the range of 0.1 the 500 Hz and preferably 1 to 100 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Inventors: William L. Medlin, Lucien Masse', Gary L. Zumwalt
  • Patent number: 4234751
    Abstract: A process for the production of the internal isomers (3-phenyl, 4-phenyl and higher) from linear phenylalkane mixtures via selective cracking of the 2-phenylalkane isomer over crystalline zeolite catalysts having a silica to alumina ratio of at least about 12 and a constraint index, as herein defined, of about 1 to 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventor: Lewis B. Young
  • Patent number: 4206230
    Abstract: There are provided insecticidal ketones having the general structure ##STR1## insecticidal compositions containing the ketones and a carrier, and the method of controlling insects with the ketones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventor: Jill H. Paul