Patents by Inventor Blaine F. Hawkins

Blaine F. Hawkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for recovery of natural gas from a group of subterranean zones
    Patent number: 7938182
    Abstract: A method for recovering natural gas from a group of subterranean zones containing natural gas, including injecting an amount of a displacing gas into a first subterranean zone, producing a first produced gas from the first subterranean zone, collecting an amount of the first produced gas wherein the quality of the collected first produced gas is higher than or equal to a threshold production quality for the first produced gas, injecting an amount of the first produced gas into a second subterranean zone wherein the quality of the injected first produced gas is higher than or equal to a threshold injection quality for the first produced gas, producing a second produced gas from the second subterranean zone, and collecting an amount of the second produced gas wherein the quality of the collected second produced gas is higher than or equal to a threshold production quality for the second produced gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Alberta Research Council Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Turta, Steve Sim, Ashok Singhal, Gary Bunio, Blaine F. Hawkins
  • METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF NATURAL GAS FROM A GROUP OF SUBTERRANEAN ZONES
    Publication number: 20090200026
    Abstract: A method for recovering natural gas from a group of subterranean zones containing natural gas, including injecting an amount of a displacing gas into a first subterranean zone, producing a first produced gas from the first subterranean zone, collecting an amount of the first produced gas wherein the quality of the collected first produced gas is higher than or equal to a threshold production quality for the first produced gas, injecting an amount of the first produced gas into a second subterranean zone wherein the quality of the injected first produced gas is higher than or equal to a threshold injection quality for the first produced gas, producing a second produced gas from the second subterranean zone, and collecting an amount of the second produced gas wherein the quality of the collected second produced gas is higher than or equal to a threshold production quality for the second produced gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL INC.
    Inventors: Alex TURTA, Steve SIM, Ashok SINGHAL, Gary BUNIO, Blaine F. HAWKINS