Patents Assigned to Total
  • METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE LEVEL OF INHIBITORS IN AN OIL OR GAS WELL
    Publication number: 20170002629
    Abstract: A method for adjusting, to a pre-determined value, the level of a mineral deposition or corrosion inhibitor injected into a gas or oil well. Using of the time-resolved fluorescence method for detecting and quantifying a mineral deposition or corrosion inhibitor in a fluid from an oil or gas production well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicants: TOTAL SA, UNIVERSITE LYON 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE -CNRS -
    Inventors: Christian HURTEVENT, Salima BARAKA-LOKMANE, John-Richard ORDONEZ-VARELA, Olivier TILLEMENT, Thomas BRICHART, Matteo MARTINI
  • ISOLATION VALVE WITH A DEAD CHAMBER
    Publication number: 20170002934
    Abstract: An isolation valve includes a dead chamber, including a body with a fluid-passing conduit, a device for obturating the fluid passage in the conduit, which may be actuated between a fluid-passing position and a position for obturating the fluid passage in the conduit. In its obturation position, the obturation device forms a dead chamber. A wall of the obturation device comprises a through-hole, in which is positioned a device for decompression of the dead chamber. A hydrocarbon transport facility includes at least two pipes connected through such an isolation valve with a dead chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventor: Xavier SUCHER
  • Additive compositions and use thereof for improving the cold properties of fuels and combustibles
    Patent number: 9534183
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to additive compositions and their use for improving the low temperature properties of motor fuels and fuels. The additive compositions include at least one modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resin and at least one filterability additive chosen from: the terpolymers of C4 to C22 alkyl (meth)acrylate, C20 to C24 alpha-olefin and maleimide N-substituted by a hydrocarbon chain having between 4 and 30 carbon atoms, the homopolymers of C1 to C40 alkyl (meth)acrylate, preferably the C8 to C24 alkyl polyacrylates, the ammonium salts of mono- or poly-carboxylic acid comprising at least one linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, having between 4 and 30 carbon atoms. The present disclosure also relates to compositions of motor fuels or liquid hydrocarbon fuels including such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Total Marketing Services
    Inventors: Géraldine Papin, Nelly Dolmazon, Frédéric Tort
  • PROPYLENE COPOLYMER FOR BOPP HEAT SEAL FILM LAYERS
    Publication number: 20160376393
    Abstract: A propylene-comonomer block copolymer may have a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of at least 1.7, a percentage of enthalpy measured between Ti and [Tm?18° C.] of at least 20% of the total enthalpy, and a ratio E1/Co of at least 0.80. The propylene-comonomer block copolymer may be produced by polymerizing propylene in the presence of at least one comonomer and a bridged metallocene catalyst. The bridged metallocene catalyst may include bridged fluorenyl, bridged indenyl metallocene, or any combination thereof. The propylene-comonomer block copolymer may be used as a heat seal layer for biaxially oriented multi-layer films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Olivier LHOST, Aurélien VANTOMME, Alexandre WELLE
  • Process to make a composition comprising a monovinylaromatic polymer and a polymer made from renewable resources
    Patent number: 9527993
    Abstract: A process to make a composition that includes a monovinylaromatic polymer and a dispersed phase of polymer made from renewable resources may include forming a polymerizable mixture. The polymerizable mixture may include a monomer or dimer dispersed in a monovinylaromatic monomer, and optionally a rubber dissolved in the monovinylaromatic monomer. The process may include contacting a catalyst with the polymerizable solution at conditions effective to produce a polymer dispersed in the monovinylaromatic monomer. The process may include polymerizing through a radical pathway the solution, optionally in the presence of a free radical initiator and a chain transfer agent, to obtain a monovinylaromatic polymer that includes a dispersed phase. The process may include degassing to separate unpolymerized monomers and comonomers, and recovering a composition of monovinylaromatic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Michel Duc, Philippe Lodefier
  • PROCESS FOR PURIFYING SYNTHESIS GAS BY WASHING WITH AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF AMINES
    Publication number: 20160368767
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for purifying synthesis gas, comprising at least one stage for separating the crude synthesis gas to be treated into at least two effluents, namely a first part and a complementary part, in which the said first part is subjected to a carbon monoxide conversion stage with steam and the said complementary part is subjected to a COS and HCN catalytic hydrolysis stage, the two gas flows, namely the first part and complementary part, are then each treated separately in two stages intended to remove acid gases such as CO2 and H2S, by washing with aqueous solutions of specific amines, before a recombination stage of the two treated effluents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicants: AVRIL, AXENS, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, BIONEXT, THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: David CHICHE, Anne Claire PIERRON, Norbert ULLRICH
  • IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE DEAROMATIZATION OF PETROLEUM CUTS
    Publication number: 20160369182
    Abstract: A process for the continuous dearomatization of a petroleum cut to produce a hydrocarbon-containing fluid with a very low sulphur content and very low aromatic compounds content, includes at least one stage of catalytic hydrogenation at a temperature between 80 and 180° C. and at a pressure between 50 and 160 bar. The stage of catalytic hydrogenation of the dearomatization process comprises several interchangeable reactors linked in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Xavier CHOUAN, Patrick VEDRINE
  • Process to make olefins from isobutanol
    Patent number: 9522853
    Abstract: A process for the conversion of an alcohol mixture to make propylene may include introducing into a reactor a stream that includes the alcohol mixture. The alcohol mixture may include 20 to 100 weight percent isobutanol. The process may include contacting the stream with a single catalyst at a temperature above 450° C. in the reactor at conditions effective to dehydrate the isobutanol, forming C4+ olefins, and to catalytically crack the C4+ olefins. The single catalyst may be an acid catalyst adapted to cause both the dehydration and the catalytic cracking. The process may include recovering from the reactor an effluent that includes ethylene, propylene, water, and various hydrocarbons. The process may include fractionating the effluent to produce an ethylene stream, a propylene stream, a fraction of hydrocarbons having 4 carbon atoms or more, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Cindy Adam, Delphine Minoux, Nikolai Nesterenko, Sander Van Donk, Jean-Pierre Dath
  • Method for preparing magnesia-zirconia composite carrier for catalyzing oxidative dehydration of normal-butane, method for preparing magnesium orthovanadate catalyst supported by magnesia-zirconia composite carrier prepared thereby, and method for preparing normal-butene and 1,3-butadiene using magnesium orthovanadate catalyst
    Patent number: 9522383
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of producing a magnesia-zirconia complex carrier for a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butane by sol-gel method; a method of producing a magnesium orthovanadate catalyst containing vanadium supported by said magnesia-zirconia complex carrier; and a method of producing n-butene and 1,3-butadiene using said catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: HANWHA TOTAL PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Shick Yoo, Young Jin Cho, Jin Suk Lee, Ho Sik Chang, In Kyu Song, Jong Kwon Lee, Ho Won Lee
  • DEVICE FOR PROCESSING AN ELONGATE BODY
    Publication number: 20160356412
    Abstract: The device for the local repair or strengthening of an elongate body exhibiting a change in its integrity, by winding one or more layers of tape around the elongate body, comprises two half rings, each having two ends configured to come into contact with one another, means for moving the two half rings relative to one another until they surround the elongate body, without touching, and means for translating the two half rings relative to one another along an axis perpendicular to the axis of the elongate body until the ends of the half rings are in contact to form a ring surrounding the elongate body. In the embodiments, the device includes, on at least one of the half rings, at least one centering pin corresponding, in the other half ring, to an opening with a shape complementary to the shape of the centering pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicants: 3X ENGINEERING, TOTAL SA
    Inventors: Stanislas BOULET D'AURIA, Hacen SLIMANI, Paul WIET
  • Catalyst systems based on phenolate complexes for immortal ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters and carbohydrates
    Patent number: 9512267
    Abstract: A method can include immortal ring-opening homopolymerisation of cyclic carbonates or cyclic esters in the presence of a catalytic system, or sequential two-step ring-opening block copolymerisation of one or more cyclic monomers selected from cyclic carbonates or cyclic esters in the presence of the catalytic system. The catalytic system can include a phenolate supported metallic complex. The catalytic system can also include an alcohol or a primary amine containing aliphatic and/or aromatic moieties. The alcohol or primary amine can be present in a molar ratio with respect to the metallic complex that is larger than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Valentin Poirier, Jean-François Carpentier, Martine Slawinski, Yann Sarazin, Marion Helou
  • System for the electronic management of photovoltaic cells with adapted thresholds
    Patent number: 9515517
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the electronic management of a photovoltaic generator, said system comprising a plurality of n static converters (11, 12, 13) connected in parallel, each converter (11, 12, 13) being electrically connected to at least one photovoltaic cell (10) of the generator. The number of converters connected is determined by comparing the generated power to thresholds P1, P2, . . . , Pn-1 which are defined as the power values substantially at the point of intersection of the performance curves for an increasing number of converters. The invention also relates to a generator comprising said system and to the associated control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: Total Marketing Services, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Corinne Alonso, Alona Berasategi, Cédric Cabal, Bruno Estibals, Stéphane Petibon, Marc Vermeersch
  • Refrigerator interior liner
    Patent number: 9512309
    Abstract: A rubber modified monovinylaromatic polymer composition may include a monovinylaromatic polymer matrix. The monovinylaromatic polymer matrix may have an average molecular weight in weight Mw above 150,000 g/mol. Rubber particles may be dispersed in the monovinylaromatic polymer matrix. The rubber particles may have a volume median particle size (RPS volume) ranging from 7 ?m to 10 ?m, a monomodal distribution, a ratio of RPS volume to surface median particle size (RPS surface) that is below 2, a crosslinking of the rubber expressed as a swell index (SI) above 13.8, and a rubber phase volume fraction (RPVF) of at least 39%. A refrigerator interior liner may be made of the rubber modified monovinylaromatic polymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Michel Duc, Jan Neelen, Mark O'Neill
  • Catalyst slurry preparation system and use thereof
    Patent number: 9512245
    Abstract: A process includes preparing a diluted catalyst slurry in a catalyst slurry preparation system. The diluted catalyst slurry contains solid particulate catalyst and liquid hydrocarbon diluent. The catalyst slurry preparation system includes a mixing vessel with a top part, a bottom part and a rotatable impeller system which is actuated by a motor. The rotatable impeller system has a magnetic actuated agitator shaft which is positioned along a longitudinal axis of the mixing vessel and extends through the top part of the mixing vessel. At least two double-bladed hubs are fixed to the magnetic actuated agitator shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Alain Brusselle, Louis Fouarge
  • A PROCESS FOR CHARACTERISING THE EVOLUTION OF AN OIL OR GAS RESERVOIR OVER TIME
    Publication number: 20160349391
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for characterising the evolution of a reservoir by determining a seismic wavelet which links observed seismic data to a sequence of reflectivities. The method comprises obtaining seismic data (200) representing seismic changes which have occurred between a first time and a second time, said seismic data comprising a plurality of seismic traces; and performing an optimisation operation simultaneously (230) on the seismic traces so as to optimise for said seismic wavelet. The optimisation operation may be performed without using known reflectivity data as an input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Total S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas David BLANCHARD, Pierre Daniel THORE, Christian HUBANS
  • Containment system and a method for using such containment system
    Patent number: 9506327
    Abstract: A containment system for recovering hydrocarbon fluid from a leaking device comprising a dome sealed to the seafloor around the leaking device and forming a cavity for accumulating hydrocarbon fluid. The dome comprises an upper output opening for extracting the hydrocarbon fluid. The containment system comprises a sensor for measuring an interface level of a fluid interface between hydrocarbon fluid and any other fluid inside the dome, and an output valve connected to the upper output opening for outputting hydrocarbon fluid, and controlled on the basis of the interface level measured by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: TOTAL SA
    Inventors: Van-Khoi Vu, Jean-Claude Bourguignon, Guillaume Vaillant
  • Dehydration of alcohols on a crystalline silicate of low Si/Al ratio
    Patent number: 9505673
    Abstract: A process for the dehydration of an alcohol having at least 2 carbon atoms to make a corresponding olefin may include introducing in a reactor a stream (A) containing the alcohol, optionally water, and optionally an inert component. The stream (A) may be contacted with a catalyst in the reactor at conditions effective to dehydrate at least a portion of the alcohol to make the corresponding olefin. The process includes recovering from the reactor an olefin containing stream (B). The catalyst may be a crystalline silicate, dealuminated crystalline silicate, or phosphorus modified crystalline silicate, each of the group FER, MWW, EUO, MFS, ZSM-48, MTT or TON having Si/Al ranging from 25 to 90. The weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of the alcohol may be at least 4 h?1. The temperature may range from 280° C. to 600° C., or from 320° C. to 600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Delphine Minoux, Nikolai Nesterenko, Cindy Adam, Sander Van Donk, Walter Vermeiren
  • USE OF A COPOLYMER MADE FROM STYRENE SULPHONIC ACID TO INHIBIT OR SLOW THE FORMATION OF SULPHIDE DEPOSITS
    Publication number: 20160333251
    Abstract: A copolymer containing a unit including an optionally neutralised styrene sulphonic acid unit and a unit containing at least one optionally neutralised (poly)carboxylic acid unit or a (poly)amido-amine unit, to inhibit or slow the formation of sulphide deposits during the extraction of gas or oil. It also relates to a method to inhibit or slow the formation of sulphide deposits during the extraction of gas or oil, including the injection of a fluid containing the abovementioned copolymer into a wellbore, a subterranean formation or a gas or oil well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: TOTAL SA, UNIVERSITE LYON 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS-
    Inventors: Christian HURTEVENT, Salima BARAKA-LOKMANE, John-Richard ORDONEZ-VARELA, Olivier TILLEMENT, Fabien ROSSETTI, Mahmoud OULD METIDJI
  • Marine lubricant
    Patent number: 9493722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cylinder lubricant having a BN, determined according to the ASTM D-2896 standard, of greater than or equal to 40 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of lubricant, comprising a lubricant base oil for a marine engine and at least one overbased detergent that is based on alkali or alkaline-earth metals, and which also contains an amount of 0.01% to 10% by weight relative to the total weight of the lubricant, of one or more compounds (A) chosen from esters of saturated fatty monoacids comprising at least 14 carbon atoms and of alcohols comprising at most 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Total Raffinage Marketing
    Inventors: Valérie Doyen, Chantal Herault
  • Floating offshore facility and a method for drilling a well
    Patent number: 9493217
    Abstract: A floating offshore facility for offshore hydrocarbon production, comprising an upper deck, a lower deck, a well bay comprising a plurality of drilling slots and a plurality of production slots surrounding said drilling slots, a cart supporting a drilling riser and being movable together with said drilling riser inside the opening of the plurality of the drilling slots, and a drilling rig movable above the well bay to drill the well through the drilling riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TOTAL SA
    Inventor: Philippe Labrugere