Patents by Inventor Bruce Henry Ballinger

Bruce Henry Ballinger 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).

  • Process for decreasing the acid content and corrosivity of crudes
    Patent number: 6679987
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for treating acidic crudes or fractions thereof to reduce or eliminate their acidity and corrosivity by addition of suitable amounts of Group IA or Group IIA oxides, hydroxides and hydrates and Group IIA metal naphthenate salts. The process has the additional benefits of reducing materials handling problems associated with treating acidic crude oils using liquid solvents and in reducing emulsion formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Saul Charles Blum, Guido Sartori, David William Savage, Martin Leo Gorbaty, Bruce Henry Ballinger, Michael Paul Anderson, Trikur Anantharaman Ramanarayanan, David J. Martella
  • Process for extraction of naphthenic acids from crudes
    Patent number: 6281328
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for treating acidic crudes or fractions thereof to reduce or eliminate their acidity by addition of effective amounts of crosslinked polymeric amines having a pKa of greater than 9 such as polyvinyl amine and anionic exchange resins having amino groups. The process has utility for crude processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Guido Sartori, David William Savage, Bruce Henry Ballinger, David Craig Dalrymple
  • Process for treatment of petroleum acids with ammonia
    Patent number: 6258258
    Abstract: The present invention is a process for decreasing the acidity of a starting acidic crude oil by contacting an acidic crude with an effective excess of ammonia dissolved in said crude to form an ammonia-continuous oil discontinuous phase at a temperature and conditions sufficient to form the corresponding amide of the naphthenic acids. The process is useful in the processing of acidic crudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Guido Sartori, David William Savage, William Neergaard Olmstead, Winston Karl Robbins, David Craig Dalrymple, Bruce Henry Ballinger
  • Process for decreased the acidity of crudes using crosslinked polymeric amines (LAW871)
    Patent number: 6121411
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for treating acidic crudes or fractions thereof to reduce or eliminate their acidity by addition of effective amounts of crosslinked polymeric amines. The process has utility for crude processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Guido Sartori, David William Savage, Bruce Henry Ballinger, David Craig Dalrymple
  • Process for neutralization of petroleum acids using overbased detergents
    Patent number: 6054042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating naphthenic acid containing whole crudes or fraction thereof to reduce or eliminate their acidity by contacting the acidic whole crude or fractions thereof at a suitable temperature typically of less than 200.degree. C. with a neutralizing amount typically from 0.25:1 up to 10:1 of overbased detergent. The process has the additional benefits of reducing materials handling problems associated with emulsion formation in treated crudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Martin L. Gorbaty, David J. Martella, Guido Sartori, David William Savage, Bruce Henry Ballinger, Saul Charles Blum, Michael Paul Anderson, Trikur Anantharaman Ramanarayanan
  • Process for decreasing the acid content and corrosivity of crudes
    Patent number: 6022494
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for treating acidic crudes of fractions thereof to reduce or eliminate their acidity and corrosivity by addition of suitable amounts of Group IA of Group IIA oxides, hydroxides and hydrates. The process has the additional benefits of reducing materials handling problems associated with treating acidic crude oils using liquid solvents and in reducing emulsion formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Guido Sartori, David William Savage, Martin Leo Gorbaty, Bruce Henry Ballinger, Saul Charles Blum, Michael Paul Anderson, Trikur Anantharaman Ramanarayanan, David J. Martella
  • Process for neutralization of petroleum acids using alkali metal trialkylsilanolates
    Patent number: 5643439
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating naphthenic acid-containing whole crudes or fractions thereof to reduce or eliminate their acidity by contacting the acidic whole crude at a temperature of from about 60.degree. C. to 170.degree. C. with a neutralizing amount of alkali metal trialkylsilanolates. The process has the additional benefits of reducing materials handling problems associated with treating crudes using liquid solvents and in reducing emulsion formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Guido Sartori, David W. Savage, Martin L. Gorbaty, Bruce Henry Ballinger