Patents Assigned to Shell Oil Company
  • Process for the preparation of acylated secondary alcohol alkoxylates and secondary alcohol alkoxylates
    Patent number: 8664423
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of acylated secondary alcohol alkoxylates and a process for making secondary alcohol alkoxy sulfates comprising the steps of:— preparing secondary alcohol alkoxylates by the afore-mentioned process; and sulfating the secondary alcohol alkoxylates is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Harry Van Der Heijden, Renata Helena Van Der Made, Jan Hermen Hendrik Meurs, Quoc An On, Arie Van Zon
  • Epoxidation process
    Patent number: 8664412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an epoxidation process for the preparation of alkylene oxide comprising contacting a hydroperoxide with an olefin in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is a titanium containing catalyst obtainable by a method comprising the steps of (a) making a support by a method comprising reacting a silicate with water in the presence of a surfactant selected from block copolymers based on ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO), and calcining the obtained reaction product; and (b) impregnating the support of step (a) with a titanium containing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Jan-Karel Frederik Buijink
  • Crude product composition
    Patent number: 8663453
    Abstract: A crude product composition is provided comprising hydrocarbons that have a boiling range distribution between about 30° C. and 538° C. (1,000° F.) at 0.101 MPa, the hydrocarbons comprising iso-paraffins and n-paraffins with a weight ratio of the iso-paraffins to n-paraffins of at most 1.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Scott Lee Wellington, Stanley Nemec Milam
  • Method and composition for enhanced hydrocarbons recovery
    Patent number: 8664166
    Abstract: A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation, comprising (a) providing a composition to at least a portion of the hydrocarbon containing formation, wherein the composition comprises a derivative selected from the group consisting of a carboxylate or a sulfate or glycerol sulfonate of an ethoxylated/propoxylated primary alcohol having a branched aliphatic group with an average carbon number from 10 to 24 and having an average number of branches per aliphatic group of from 0.7 to 2.5 and having at least 0.5 moles of propylene oxide per mole of primary alcohol and having at least 0.5 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of primary alcohol; and (b) allowing the composition to interact with hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon containing formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Kirk Herbert Raney, Thomas Carl Semple
  • Separation of gases produced by combustion
    Patent number: 8663369
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and a system for separating gas components of a combustion gas. A compressible feed stream derived from a combustion gas that contains at least one target compressible component and at least one non-target compressible component is mixed in a substantially co-current flow with an incompressible fluid stream comprising an incompressible fluid in which the target component(s) is/are capable of being preferentially absorbed. Rotational velocity is imparted to the mixed streams, separating an incompressible fluid in which at least a portion of the target component is absorbed from a compressible product stream containing the non-target compressible component(s). The compressible feed stream may be provided at a stream velocity having a Mach number of at least 0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Frederik Arnold Buhrman, Jingyu Cui, Mahendra Ladharam Joshi, Stanley Nemec Milam, Scott Lee Wellington
  • Catalyst composition preparation and use
    Patent number: 8664146
    Abstract: A bulk metal oxide catalyst composition of the general formula (X)b(M)c(Z)d(O)e??(I) wherein X represents at least one non-noble Group VIII metal; M represents at least one non-noble Group VIb metal; Z represents one or more elements selected from aluminum, silicon, magnesium, titanium, zirconium, boron, and zinc; one of b and c is the integer 1; and d and e and the other of b and c each are a number greater than 0 such that the molar ratio of b:c is in the range of from 0.5:1 to 5:1, the molar ratio of d:c is in the range of from 0.2:1 to 50:1, and the molar ratio of e:c is in the range of from 3.7:1 to 108:1; is prepared by controlled (co)precipitation of component metal compounds, refractory oxide material, and alkali compound in protic liquid. Resulting compositions find use in hydrotreatment processes involving particularly hydrodesulphurization and hydrodenitrification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Laszlo Domokos, Hermanus Jongkind, Johannes Anthonius Robert Van Veen
  • Method and composition for enhanced hydrocarbons recovery
    Patent number: 8664167
    Abstract: A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation, comprising (a) providing a hydrocarbon recovery composition to at least a portion of the hydrocarbon containing formation, wherein the hydrocarbon recovery composition comprises a propoxylated composition which comprises (1) a glycerol sulfonate of a propoxylated primary alcohol having a branched aliphatic group with an average carbon number from 10 to 24 and having an average number of branches per aliphatic group of from 0.7 to 2.5 and having at least 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Kirk Herbert Raney, Thomas Carl Semple
  • Rapper device
    Patent number: 8656567
    Abstract: A rapper device for cleaning a heat exchange surface in a pressure vessel by transmitting impact energy. The rapper device includes a striker and an impacting device for impacting the striker which has one end contacting the heat exchange surface in the pressure vessel. The striker includes a piston section having a piston rod projecting out of the pressure vessel via a passage opening in line with the impacting device. A piston head is slideable within a piston chamber in line with the passage opening. The piston chamber is operatively connected to a sealing gas supply. The piston head is a separate part with an aperture. The piston rod runs through the aperture, e.g., in a slideable arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Alfons Heitmann, Uwe Herwig, Thomas Paul Von Kossak-Glowczewski
  • Process for the preparation of alkylene glycol
    Patent number: 8658841
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of an alkylene glycol from an alkene. A gas composition from an alkylene oxide reactor is supplied to an alkylene oxide absorber comprising a column of vertically stacked trays or comprising a packed column. Lean absorbent comprising at least 20 wt % water is supplied to the alkylene oxide absorber and is contacted with the gas composition in the presence of one or more catalysts that promote carboxylation and hydrolysis. At least 50% of the alkylene oxide entering the alkylene oxide absorber is converted in the alkylene oxide absorber. Fat absorbent is withdrawn from the absorber, is optionally supplied to finishing reactors and/or a flash vessel or light ends stripper, and is subsequently subjected to dehydration and purification to provide a purified alkylene glycol product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Eugene Marie Godfried Andre Van Kruchten, Dominicus Maria Rekers, Mathias Jozef Paul Slapak
  • Lubricating grease compositions
    Patent number: 8658579
    Abstract: Lubricating grease composition comprising: (i) a base oil; and (ii) a thickener system comprising (i) a lithium soap of a first carboxylic acid selected from C12-C24 hydroxy carboxylic acids and (ii) a lithium soap of a second carboxylic acid selected from C12-C24 branched carboxylic acids, C12-C24 dihydroxy carboxylic acids and mixtures thereof. The lubricating grease compositions according to the present invention have improved oil bleeding and shear stability properties, as well as improved grease lifetime and increased relubrication intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Stefan Daegling
  • Systems and methods for producing oil and/or gas
    Patent number: 8656997
    Abstract: A system for producing oil and/or gas comprising a mechanism for releasing at least a portion of a sulfur containing compound into a formation; a first mechanism for converting at least a portion of the sulfur containing compound into a carbon disulfide formulation and/or a carbon oxysulfide formulation, the first mechanism for converting within the formation; and a second mechanism for converting at least a portion of the carbon disulfide formulation and/or a carbon oxysulfide formulation into another compound, the second mechanism for converting within the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Claudia Van Den Berg, Paul Clinton, Kees Van Gelder, Carolus Matthias Anna Maria Mesters, Patrick Guy Monin, Gerard Mulder, Raul Valdez, Dean Chien Wang
  • Method of producing sulfur dioxide
    Patent number: 8658116
    Abstract: A method of producing sulfur dioxide is provided. A feed gas stream comprising at least 5% by volume hydrogen sulfide is provided. The feed gas stream is separated into a hydrogen sulfide stream and a hydrocarbon gas stream. An oxidant stream is provided and is combusted with the hydrogen sulfide stream to produce thermal power and a combustion stream containing sulfur dioxide and steam. Sulfur dioxide is separated from the combustion stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Stanley Nemec Milam, Ann Marie Lauritzen, Michael Anthony Reynolds, Eswarachandra Kumar Paruchuri, Scott Lee Wellington
  • Anti-wear agent and lubricating composition with superior anti-wear properties containing same
    Patent number: 8658577
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-wear compound selected from phosphorus compounds as represented by the following General Formula (2) or metal salts thereof as represented by the following General Formula (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Eiji Nagatomi, Tetsuo Wakizono
  • METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING OIL
    Publication number: 20140048273
    Abstract: A method, system, and composition for producing oil from a formation utilizing an oil recovery formulation comprising a surfactant, an alkali, a polymer, and a paraffin inhibitor are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey George SOUTHWICK, Ronaldus Cornelis Martinus BOUWMEESTER
  • COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING OIL
    Publication number: 20140051609
    Abstract: A method, system, and composition for producing oil from a formation utilizing an oil recovery formulation comprising a surfactant, an alkali, a polymer, and a paraffin inhibitor are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey George SOUTHWICK, Ronaldus Cornelis Martinus BOUWMEESTER
  • Process for preparing an alkylate
    Patent number: 8653318
    Abstract: The present invention provides process for preparing an alkylate comprising contacting in a reactor a hydrocarbon mixture comprising at least an isoparaffin and an olefin with an acidic ionic liquid catalyst under alkylation conditions to obtain an alkylate, which process further comprises: —withdrawing an alkylate-comprising reactor effluent from the reactor, wherein the reactor effluent comprises an ionic liquid phase and a hydrocarbon phase; —separating at least part the reactor effluent into a hydrocarbon phase effluent and a multiple-phase effluent in a centrifugal separation unit; —fractionating at least part of said hydrocarbon phase effluent into at least a stream comprising alkylate and a stream comprising isoparaffin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Zhichang Liu, Chunming Xu, Rui Zhang, Xianghai Meng, Ana Cecilia Patroni, Peter Anton August Klusener, Albertus Vincentius Petrus Van Den Bosch
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DRILLING
    Publication number: 20140041941
    Abstract: A method of assessing hole cleaning effectiveness of drilling comprises a) determining a mass of cuttings removed from a well wherein determining the mass of cuttings removed from a well comprises: i) measuring a total mass of fluid entering a well; ii) measuring a total mass of fluid exiting the well; and iii) determining a difference between the total mass of fluid exiting the well and total mass of fluid entering the well; b) determining a mass of rock excavated in the well; and c) determining a mass of cuttings remaining in the well wherein determining the mass of cuttings remaining in the well comprises: determining a difference between the determined mass of rock excavated in the well and the determined mass of cuttings removed from the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: David Alston EDBURY, Jose Victor GUERRERO, Duncan Charles MACDONALD, James Bryon ROGERS, Donald Ray SITTON, Jason NORMAN
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AND SEPARATING OIL
    Publication number: 20140042058
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing and separating oil. An aqueous fluid having an ionic content of at most 0.15 M and a total dissolved solids content of from 200 ppm to 10,000 ppm is introduced into an oil-bearing formation. Oil and water are produced from the formation subsequent to the introduction of the aqueous fluid into the formation. A demulsifier and a brine solution having a total dissolved solids content of greater than 10,000 ppm are mixed with the oil and water produced from the formation. Oil is then separated from the mixture of oil, water, demulsifier, and brine solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Albert Joseph Hendrik JANSSEN, Bartholomeus Marinus Josephus Maria SUIJKERBUIJK
  • SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AND SEPARATING OIL
    Publication number: 20140041856
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for producing and separating oil. The system comprises an oil-bearing formation, a low salinity aqueous fluid having an ionic strength of less than 0.15M and having a total dissolved solids content of from 200 ppm to 10000 ppm, a brine solution having a total dissolved solids content of greater than 10000 ppm, and a demulsifier. The system further comprises a mechanism for introducing the low salinity aqueous fluid into and oil-bearing formation, a mechanism for producing oil and water from the formation subsequent to introducing the low salinity aqueous fluid into the formation, and a mechanism for contacting the brine solution and the demulsifier with the oil and water produced from the formation and for separating the produced oil from the produced water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Albert Joseph Hendrik JANSSEN, Bartholomeus Marinus Josephus Maria SUIJKERBUIJK
  • INSULATING BLOCKS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLATION IN INSULATED CONDUCTOR HEATERS
    Publication number: 20140034635
    Abstract: An insulated conductor heater may include an electrical conductor that produces heat when an electrical current is provided to the electrical conductor. An electrical insulator at least partially surrounds the electrical conductor. The electrical insulator comprises a resistivity that remains substantially constant, or increases, over time when the electrical conductor produces heat. An outer electrical conductor at least partially surrounds the electrical insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Ronald Marshall Bass, Robert Guy Harley, Justin Michael Noel, Robert Anthony Shaffer