Abstract: Disclosed is a method of conditioning one or more parametric models. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of candidate parametric models, each describing a sequence of domains characterising a subsurface region and determining whether each sequence of domains described by one or more of said candidate parametric models is a valid sequence of domains. For each valid sequence of domains, each candidate parametric model describing that valid sequence of domains (or a subset of these models) is conditioned simultaneously, for example by using an Ensemble Kalman Filter or artificial neural network.

Abstract: Pitch granules including a core made up of a first composition including at least one pitch, the composition having a penetrability at 25° C. of 0 to 45 1/10 mm, a ring-and-ball softening temperature (TBA) of 55° C. to 175° C., understanding the penetrability as measured according to standard EN 1426 and the TBA as measured according to standard EN 1427, and a layer encapsulating at least one portion of the surface of the core, the layer being made up of a coating composition including at least one anti-caking agent.

Abstract: A coupling assembly having first and second sleeves configured to be tightened to a fluid conduit, a radial-split gasket configured to be positioned between the sleeves and the fluid conduit and having an outer gasket layer and a separate inner gasket layer configured to be selectively disengaged from each other, an inner circumferential surface of the outer gasket layer and/or an outer circumferential surface of the inner gasket layer comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced retaining protrusions interfacing between the inner and outer gasket layers, each of the retaining protrusions having a separation portion and an engagement portion connected to the other gasket layer by a gasket layer connection such that the engagement portion will separate at the separation portion under an applied separation force prior to the engagement portion separating at the gasket layer connection.

Abstract: A protective hood for surgical use, apt to be worn, in sterile form, by an operator over an instrumented helmet, is provided. The hood includes a front vision lens and an enveloping main body fixed to the vision lens, configured to cover wholly the operator's head and neck and an upper part of the chest. The enveloping main body has a front portion and a rear portion connected and made integral by means of two opposite side portions, wherein the rear portion has a pair of lateral strings arranged on opposite sides with respect to a sagittal plane of the operator and which extend, in use, laterally outside, which strings are grasped by the operator during wearing in order to ease unwinding the hood.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lubricant composition including: at least one base oil; at least one polyalkylene glycol with at least 50% by weight of butylene oxide units and having a kinematic viscosity, measured at 100° C. according to standard ASTM D445 (2015), which is greater than or equal to 50 mm2/s, a kinematic viscosity, measured at 40° C. according to standard ASTM D445 (2015), which is greater than or equal to 1000 mm2/s and a Viscosity Index, measured according to standard ASTM D2270 (2012), which is greater than or equal to 180. Also disclosed is the use of such a composition for transmission or gear lubrication.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining hydrocarbon production for a reservoir. The method comprises determining a projector matrix based on a Jacobian matrix function of the gridded model, then splitting the Jacobian matrix into subsets of consecutive lines. For each subset of consecutive lines, creating a respective square matrix based on said subset. A determining eigenvectors and respective eigenvalues associated with the respective square matrix and then determining relevant eigenvectors having respective eigenvalues below a predetermined threshold. The projector is determined as a concatenation of the extended eigenvectors ordered according to multiple criteria: the respective order value of the subset; and the respective eigenvalue of the relevant eigenvector.

Abstract: The invention concerns an underwater water treatment unit which has specific cleaning means which are suitable for cleaning filtration membranes in the unconventional conditions associated with use at great or very great depths, as well as a method for cleaning the membrane of the underwater water treatment unit.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for deep desulphurization of low sulphur content feedstock comprising the steps of providing a low sulphur content hydrocarbon feedstock and contacting said hydrocarbon feedstock with a cobalt-molybdenum desulphurizing system or a nickel-molybdenum desulphurizing system in an oxide form in order to obtain a very low sulphur product comprising less than 5 ppm by weight sulphur.

Abstract: A cross contains a sacred utensil or a wishing note and includes a transverse frame parallel with the ground, a first longitudinal frame perpendicular to the center part of the transverse frame, a first containing portion formed at the inner center of the first longitudinal frame from the lower surface of the first longitudinal frame toward the transverse and a first coupling member containing portion formed from the lower surface of the first longitudinal frame toward the outside of the first containing portion. A first frame magnet is contained in the first coupling member containing portion. A second longitudinal frame makes surface contact with the lower surface of the first longitudinal frame to be coupled thereto. A contained object support rack at the center part of the upper surface of the second longitudinal frame is positioned to correspond to the first containing portion of the first longitudinal frame.

Abstract: Supported catalyst for use in a process for the synthesis of methanol, characterized in that the supported catalyst comprises indium oxide in the form of In2O3 and at least one noble metal being palladium, Pd, wherein both indium oxide and at least one noble metal are deposited on a support remarkable in that the supported catalyst is a calcined supported catalyst comprising from 0.01 to 10.0 wt. % of palladium and zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) in an amount of at least 50 wt. % on the total weight of said supported catalyst.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a model representing a real subsoil geological formation. The model includes a stratigraphic layer, which includes a shore line dividing the stratigraphic layer into a continental zone and a marine zone. First and second flow speed fields are received, with the first flow speed field representative of a continental domain for the stratigraphic layer, and the second flow speed field representative of a marine domain for the stratigraphic layer. A global flow speed field is determined and includes a weighted combination of the first and second flow speed fields for each position in the stratigraphic layer. Weights of the combination are based on a distance of the position to the shore line and whether the position is within the continental zone or the marine zone. The real subsoil geological formation for the stratigraphic layer is determined based on the determined global flow speed field.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining at least one property of hydrocarbon fluid, comprising: (a) providing a first chamber (1) filled with the hydrocarbon fluid and a second chamber (2) which is substantially empty, each of the first chamber (1) and second chamber (2) having a fixed volume; (b) transferring a sample of hydrocarbon fluid from the first chamber (1) to the second chamber (2); (c) measuring a pressure in at least one of the first chamber (1) and the second chamber (2); (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) a plurality of times. The invention also relates to an apparatus for implementing this method.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the treatment of a feed comprising biomass, said process comprising at least the following steps: a) a step for drying said feed at a temperature in the range 20° C. to 180° C. for a period in the range 5 to 180 minutes, b) a step for torrefaction of the dried feed obtained from step a) in order to produce at least one solid torrefied biomass effluent, and c) a step for co-grinding the solid torrefied biomass effluent obtained from step b) in the presence of a second biomass feed in order to obtain a powder.

Abstract: The use of a lubricant composition in order to cool and/or lubricate the engine of an electric vehicle and the different parts thereof, particularly moving parts, is disclosed. In particular, the use of a lubricant composition includes at least one polyalkylene glycol.

Abstract: Investigating the permeability and porosity of geological samples is a routine element of geological studies, and is of particular interest in the oil and gas industry. Core-flood experiments are commonly performed on rock samples to measure transport characteristics in the laboratory. This disclosure reports the design and implementation of a high resolution distributed pressure measurement system for core-flood experiments. A series of microfabricated pressure sensors can be embedded in bolts that are housed within the pressurized polymer sheath that encases a rock core. A feedthrough technology has been developed to provide lead transfer between the sensors and system electronics across a 230-bar pressure difference. The system has been successfully benchtop tested with fluids such as synthetic oil and/or gas. Pressure measurements were recorded over a dynamic range of 20 bar with a resolution as small as 0.3 mbar.

Abstract: Bitumen that is solid at ambient temperature in the form of granules that include a core made of a first bituminous material and a coating made of a second bituminous material, the second bituminous material having a total content of asphaltenes, extracted using n-alkane, of 30% to 50% by weight in relation to the total weight of the bitumen in the coating.

Abstract: An emollient composition comprising at least one hydrocarbon fluid in an amount of 50 to 100% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition is provided. The fluid can be obtained by a process of catalytically hydrogenating a feed comprising more than 85% by weight of oligomerized olefins, at a temperature from 115 to 195° C. and at a pressure from 30 to 70 bars. A cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical composition comprising the emollient composition and uses thereof are also provided.

Abstract: A tubular joint having an outer part formed by a fitting end of a piping element, and defining a first axis, an inner part formed by a spigot end of another piping element, the spigot end received in the fitting end. The fitting end and the spigot end define a fluid internal circulation space. A flange attached on the outer part and axially abutting against a shoulder formed by the inner part. A layer of polymeric material, extending radially between the outer and inner part, having a radially outer and inner surface both surrounding the first axis and bonded respectively to the outer and inner parts. The inner part rotatable with respect to the outer part about the first axis, and the inner part defining a second axis forming a pitch angle with the first axis. The inner part, the outer part, and the flange limit the pitch angle to lower than 5°.

Abstract: Granules of material usable as a road binder or sealing binder, including a core and a coating layer, where: the core is made of a first composition including at least one material chosen from: a bitumen base, pitch, and clear binder, and the coating layer is made of a second composition including: at least one viscosifying compound, at least one first anticaking agent selected from alkali and alkaline-earth metal silicates, and at least one second anti-caking agent distinct from the silicates. Also, a method for producing granules of material that can be used as a road binder or sealing binder, and the use thereof as a road binder, in particular for the production of coated materials. Also, a method for producing coated materials from granules of material that can be used as a road binder or as a sealing binder and a method for transporting and/or storing and/or handling granules.

Abstract: A composition including at least: a binder base chosen from: a bitumen base, a pitch base, a clear binder, or a mixture of one or more of these binder bases, an acid compound of general formula (I): R—(COOH)z (I). an amide compound of general formula (II): R?—(NH)nCONH—(X)m—(NHCO)p(NH)n—R? (II) the compounds (I) and (II) being present in a weight ratio ranging from 10:1 to 1:16, for preparing a mastic asphalt composition. Mastic asphalt compositions and surfacings are thus obtained.