Patents by Inventor CHRISTABEL T. Tomla

CHRISTABEL T. Tomla 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).

  • Treatment of mature fine tailings in produced water by flocculation and dewatering
    Patent number: 10513451
    Abstract: A process for drying mature fine tailings is provided. A low molecular weight anionic organic polymer is contacted with a tailings stream to flocculate mature fine tailings and enhance dewatering. The tailings stream can contain, for example, water, sand, silt and fines clays produced from a bitumen extraction process for oil sands ore. The process can also involve rigidification of the suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Christabel T. Tomla, Oleksandr V. Kuznetsov, Radhika Suresh
  • TREATMENT OF MATURE FINE TAILINGS IN PRODUCED WATER BY FLOCCULATION AND DEWATERING
    Publication number: 20180273405
    Abstract: A process for drying mature fine tailings is provided. A low molecular weight anionic organic polymer is contacted with a tailings stream to flocculate mature fine tailings and enhance dewatering. The tailings stream can contain, for example, water, sand, silt and fines clays produced from a bitumen extraction process for oil sands ore. The process can also involve rigidification of the suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: CHRISTABEL T. Tomla, OLEKSANDR V. KUZNETSOV, RADHIKA SURESH