Patents by Inventor Carolus Petrus Adrianus Blom

Carolus Petrus Adrianus Blom 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).

  • Oil recovery process
    Patent number: 9784081
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancing the recovery of oil from a formation. An enhanced oil recovery formulation comprising a gas comprised of a hydrocarbon-containing gas and an ether having from 2 to 4 carbons is injected into an oil-bearing formation to mobilize the oil. The mobilized oil is then produced from the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Carolus Petrus Adrianus Blom, Ralf Hedden, Andreas Nicholas Matzakos, Ernesto Uehara-Nagamine
  • OIL RECOVERY PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150060075
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancing the recovery of oil from a formation. An enhanced oil recovery formulation comprising a gas comprised of a hydrocarbon-containing gas and an ether having from 2 to 4 carbons is injected into an oil-bearing formation to mobilize the oil. The mobilized oil is then produced from the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Carolus Petrus Adrianus BLOM, Ralf HEDDEN, Andreas Nicholas MATZAKOS, Ernesto UEHARA-NAGAMINE
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OIL AND/OR GAS
    Publication number: 20130048279
    Abstract: A system for producing oil and/or gas from an underground formation comprising a well above the formation; a mechanism to inject an enhanced oil recovery formulation into the formation, the enhanced oil recovery formulation comprising water and an additive; and a mechanism to produce oil and/or gas from the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Matthias Appel, Subhash Chandra Bose Ayirala, Amy L.O. Blackwell, Carolus Petrus Adrianus Blom, Zheyi Chen, Ralf Hedden, Andreas Nicholas Matzakos, Ernesto Uehara-Nagamine, William Otto Mickelson