Patents Assigned to Burmah Oil & Gas Company
  • Clarification tank
    Patent number: 4043912
    Abstract: A clarification tank having a plurality of pick-up trays and a central collection conduit which is connected to an externally located riser having a high volume discharge weir at the upper end thereof. The tank also includes a plurality of sand pan draw-offs connected to a collection piping system which permits gathering solid particulate matter from all of the sand pan drains in a single discharge line by hydrostatic pressure differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Assignee: Burmah Oil and Gas Company
    Inventors: Alberto H. Bascope, Eugene H. Grizzard
  • Vapor removal apparatus for oil/water separator
    Patent number: 4010891
    Abstract: Apparatus for permitting a direct flow of vapor entrained in incoming oil/water streams to a centrifugal oil/water separator device into the oil collection chamber of such a device to inhibit the accumulation of such vapor within the input impeller chamber of such a centrifugal separator and to thereby assure proper operation of said impeller and the prohibition of cavitation which would otherwise generate a serious pressure drop within the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Assignee: Burmah Oil & Gas Company
    Inventor: Ernest O. Kartinen
  • Clarification tank
    Patent number: 3951816
    Abstract: A clarification tank having a plurality of pick-up trays and a central collection column which is connected to an externally located riser having a high volume discharge weir at the upper end thereof. The tank also includes a plurality of sand pan draw-offs connected to a collection piping system which permits gathering material from all of the sand pan drains in a single discharge line by static pressure differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1971
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Burmah Oil and Gas Company
    Inventors: Alberto H. Bascope, Eugene H. Grizzard
  • Strapping for fastening production tubing to electrical cable
    Patent number: 3940832
    Abstract: A corrugated banding strap for securing an electrical cable to a tubing string for lowering into a well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: Burmah Oil and Gas Company
    Inventors: Edward H. Kelly, Ernest O. Kartinen