Patents by Inventor Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza

Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza 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).

  • Patent number: 10167388
    Abstract: The present invention is related to formulations consisting of block copolymers ?,?-di-aryl or alkyl sulfonates of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w of bis-ammonium and block copolymers ?,?-di-amine of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w, that are effective in the dewatering and desalting crude whose specific gravities are within the range of 14 to 23°API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Cesar Andres Flores Sandoval, Reyna Reyes Martinez, Jose Gonzalo Hernandez Cortez, Alfonso Lopez Ortega, Laura Veronica Castro Sotelo, Fernando Alvarez Ramirez, Arquimedes Estrada Martinez, Flavio Salvador Vazquez Moreno
  • Patent number: 10125226
    Abstract: A chemical synthesis process is provided for the functionalization of monodispersed triblock copolymer (POEw-POPy-POEw) with secondary or tertiary amines at a semi-industrial level in glass reactors having a capacity between 1 L and 100 L. The process includes two stages where the first stage uses an alkylsulfonyl or arylsulfonyl chloride to obtain better leaving groups, and the second stage is the nucleophilic substitution with secondary or tertiary amines, to obtain the bifunctionalized triblock copolymers. The main advantage for this process is to reduce the quantity of unitary process done in each stage, the optimization of reaction times, and the stoichiometric relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Cesar Andres Flores Sandoval, Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Alfonso Lopez Ortega, Jose Gonzalo Hernandez Cortez, Aristeo Estrada Buendia, Laura Veronica Castro Sotelo, Reyna Reyes Martinez, Fernando Alvarez Ramirez, Arquimedes Estrada Martinez, Flavio Salvador Vazquez Moreno
  • Patent number: 10047302
    Abstract: Compositions consisting of block copolymers ?,?-di-aryl or alkyl sulfonates of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w of bis-ammonium and block copolymers ?,?-di-amine of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w, are provided that are effective in the dewatering and desalting crude oils whose specific gravities are within the range of 14 to 20° API. A method of dewatering and desalting heavy crude oil adds a mixture of the copolymer bifunctionalized with an aliphatic or aromatic secondary amine and a copolymer bifunctionalized with an aliphatic or aromatic tertiary amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Cesar Andres Flores Sandoval, Reyna Reyes Martinez, Jose Gonzalo Hernandez Cortez, Alfonso Lopez Ortega, Laura Veronica Castro Sotelo, Fernando Alvarez Ramirez, Arquimedes Estrada Martinez, Flavio Salvador Vazquez Moreno
  • Patent number: 9981958
    Abstract: Oxazolidines, a process for producing the oxazolidines, and use as additives for fuels to prevent and control deposits in internal combustion engines are disclosed. The oxazolidines are derived from polyalkyl or polyalkenyl N-hydroxyalkyl succinimides and have the structural formula wherein: R is a polyakyl or polyalkenyl group having an average molecular weight ranging from 450 to 5000 daltons; m is an integer between 1 and 5; n is an integer between 0 and 1; and R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independent radicals, represented by the groups: —H, —CH2(CH2)AB, —C6H3DE or —C10H4FG; wherein: A is an integer between 0 and 8, B is a group selected among —H, —NH2, —OH, —COOH, and D, E, F, and G are independent radicals, selected among the groups: —H, —CH3, —CH2CH3, —CH2CH2CH3, —CH2(CH2)2CH3, —(CH3)3, C6H5, —NH2, —OH, —OCH3, OCH2CH2OH, OCH(CH3)CH2OH, OC6H5—COOH, and —SO3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo
    Inventors: Luis Silvestre Zamudio Rivera, Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Marcelo Lozada y Cassou, Hiram Isaac Beltran Conde, Eduardo Buenrostro Gonzalez, Youri Douda, Mario Alberto Guzman Vega, Adela Morales Pacheco, Violeta Yasmin Mena Cervantes, Raul Hernandez Altamirano
  • Patent number: 9932430
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of formulations of new random copolymers and terpolymers, synthesized by a method of semi continuous emulsion polymerization, and that function as flow improvers, lowering the pour point and reducing the viscosity of Mexicans crude oils, which have gravities within the range of 9 to 30° API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo
    Inventors: Laura Veronica Castro Sotelo, Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Gabriel Cendejas Santana, Marcelo Lozada Y Cassou, Flavio Salvador Vazquez Moreno
  • Patent number: 9850197
    Abstract: Ionic liquids of the general formula C+A? where C+ represents an organic cation, specifically, but not limited to the imidazolium, pyridinium, isoquinolinium, ammonium types, which have aliphatic and aromatic substituents, while A? represents a carboxylate, aromatic and aliphatic anion. The ionic liquids are synthesized under conventional heating or microwave irradiation This invention is also related to the application of ionic liquids to remove sulfur compounds of naphthas through a liquid-liquid extraction and the recovery and reuse of ionic liquids by the application of heat, reduced pressure and washing with solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Rafael Martinez Palou, Natalya Victorovna Likhanova, Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Diego Javier Guzman Lucero
  • Publication number: 20170327686
    Abstract: The present invention is related to formulations consisting of block copolymers ?,?-di-aryl or alkyl sulfonates of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w of bis-ammonium and block copolymers ?,?-di-amine of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w, that are effective in the dewatering and desalting crude whose specific gravities are within the range of 14 to 23°API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Eugenio Alejandro FLORES OROPEZA, Cesar Andres FLORES SANDOVAL, Reyna REYES MARTINEZ, Jose Gonzalo HERNANDEZ CORTEZ, Alfonso LOPEZ ORTEGA, Laura Veronica CASTRO SOTELO, Fernando ALVAREZ RAMIREZ, Arquimedes ESTRADA MARTINEZ, Flavio Salvador VAZQUEZ MORENO
  • Publication number: 20170313949
    Abstract: Compositions consisting of block copolymers ?,?-di-aryl or alkyl sulfonates of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w of bis-ammonium and block copolymers ?,?-di-amine of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w, are provided that are effective in the dewatering and desalting crude oils whose specific gravities are within the range of 14 to 20° API. A method of dewatering and desalting heavy crude oil adds a mixture of the copolymer bifunctionalized with an aliphatic or aromatic secondary amine and a copolymer bifunctionalized with an aliphatic or aromatic tertiary amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Eugenio Alejandro FLORES OROPEZA, Cesar Andres FLORES SANDOVAL, Reyna REYES MARTINEZ, Jose Gonzalo HERNANDEZ CORTEZ, Alfonso LOPEZ ORTEGA, Laura Veronica CASTRO SOTELO, Fernando ALVAREZ RAMIREZ, Arquimedes ESTRADA MARTINEZ, Flavio Salvador VAZQUEZ MORENO
  • Patent number: 9752084
    Abstract: The present invention is related to formulations consisting by block copolymers ?,?-di-aryl or alkyl sulfonates of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w of bis-ammonium and block copolymers ?,?-di-amine of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w, that are effective in the dewatering and desalting crude whose specific gravities are within the range of 14 to 23° API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Cesar Andres Flores Sandoval, Reyna Reyes Martinez, Jose Gonzalo Hernandez Cortez, Alfonso Lopez Ortega, Laura Veronica Castro Sotelo, Fernando Alvarez Ramirez, Arquimedes Estrada Martinez, Flavio Salvador Vazquez Moreno
  • Patent number: 9745521
    Abstract: Compositions consisting of block copolymers ?,?-di-aryl or alkyl sulfonates of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w of bis-ammonium and block copolymers ?,?-di-amine of poly(ethylene oxide)w-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide)w, are provided that are effective in the dewatering and desalting crude oils whose specific gravities are within the range of 14 to 20° API. A method of dewatering and desalting heavy crude oil adds a mixture of the copolymer bifunctionalized with an aliphatic or aromatic secondary amine and a copolymer bifunctionalized with an aliphatic or aromatic tertiary amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Cesar Andres Flores Sandoval, Reyna Reyes Martinez, Jose Gonzalo Hernandez Cortez, Alfonso Lopez Ortega, Laura Veronica Castro Sotelo, Fernando Alvarez Ramirez, Arquimedes Estrada Martinez, Flavio Salvador Vazquez Moreno
  • Patent number: 9650577
    Abstract: The present invention is related to formulations including one or more block copolymers with low polydispersity and bifunctionalized with amines, and an ionic liquid. A method of demulsifying, dehydrating, and desalting crude oils having API gravity ranging between 8 to 30 admixes the formulation with the crude oil in an amount effective to demulsify, dehydrate and/or desalt the crude oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Laura Veronica Castro Sotelo, Alfonso Lopez Ortega, Jose Gonzalo Hernandez Cortez, Fernando Alvarez Ramirez, Arquimedes Estrada Martinez, Flavio Salvador Vazquez Moreno
  • Patent number: 9587182
    Abstract: The present invention is related to formulations including one or more block copolymers with low polydispersity and bifunctionalized with amines, and an ionic liquid. A method of demulsifying, dehydrating, and desalting crude oils having API gravity ranging between 8 to 30 admixes the formulation with the crude oil in an amount effective to demulsify, dehydrate and/or desalt the crude oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Laura Verónica Castro Sotelo, Alfonso López Ortega, José Gonzalo Hernández Cortez, Fernando Alvarez Ramírez, Arquímedes Estrada Martínez, Flavio Salvador Vázquez Moreno
  • Patent number: 9518231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to demulsifying and dehydrating formulations of heavy crude oil based block copolymers amine bifunctionalized with low polydispersities. These formulations can contain solvents whose boiling point is in the range from 35 to 200° C., preferably: dichloromethane, chloroform, toluene, xylenes, turbosine, naphtha or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Gabriel Cendejas Santana, Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Laura Veronica Castro Sotelo, Aristeo Estrada Buendia, Marcelo Lozada y Cassou, Flavio Salvador Vazquez Moreno
  • Patent number: 9404052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of ionic liquids individually or in formulation to dry and desalt crudes oils having API gravities in the range of 8 to 20 (median, heavy and extra-heavy) when applied at concentrations ranging from 500 and up to 5000 ppm. The ionic liquids have a cation consisting of quaternary ammonium, wherein the substituents R, R1 and R2 are independent radicals represented by alkyl chains including 2 to 8 carbon atoms; and anion selected from the group consisting of ethylsulfate, methylsulfate and chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Laura Verónica Castro Sotelo, Alfonso López Ortega, José Gonzalo Hernández Cortez, Fernando Alvarez Ramírez, Flavio Salvador Vázquez Moreno, Arquímedes Estrada Martínez, Marcelo Lozada Y Cassou
  • Patent number: 9366387
    Abstract: A process allows working with viscous petroleum referred to as “heavy and extra heavy crudes” such as 20 to 6° API by adding an appropriate biosurfactant to an aqueous phase containing a biosurfactant active compound. The surfactant can be alkyl glycosides, glycerol esters and alkyl betaines. The result is the formation of a stable crude/water emulsion even with salt present therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Jorge Arturo Aburto Anell, Beatriz Zapata Rendón, María de Lourdes Araceli Mosqueira Mondragón, Luis Manuel Quej Aké, Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Flavio Salvador Vázquez Moreno, Cesar Bernal Huicochea, Juan de la Cruz Clavel López, Mario Ramírez de Santiago
  • Patent number: 9120885
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of formulations of new random copolymers and terpolymers, synthesized by a method of semi continuous emulsion polymerization, and that function as flow improvers, lowering the pour point and reducing the viscosity of Mexicans crude oils, which have gravities within the range of 9 to 30° API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Laura Veronica Castro Sotelo, Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Gabriel Cendejas Santana, Marcelo Lozada Y Cassou, Flavio Salvador Vazquez Moreno
  • Patent number: 8999151
    Abstract: Ionic liquids of the general formula C+A? where C+ represents an organic cation, specifically, but not limited to the imidazolium, pyridinium, isoquinolinium, ammonium types, which have aliphatic and aromatic substituents, while A? represents a carboxylate, aromatic and aliphatic anion. The ionic liquids are synthesized under conventional heating or microwave irradiation This invention is also related to the application of ionic liquids to remove sulfur compounds of naphthas through a liquid-liquid extraction and the recovery and reuse of ionic liquids by the application of heat, reduced pressure and washing with solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo
    Inventors: Rafael Martinez Palou, Natalya Victorovna Likhanova, Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Diego Javier Guzman Lucero
  • Publication number: 20150090639
    Abstract: Ionic liquids of the general formula C+A? where C+ represents an organic cation, specifically, but not limited to the imidazolium, pyridinium, isoquinolinium, ammonium types, which have aliphatic and aromatic substituents, while A? represents a carboxylate, aromatic and aliphatic anion. The ionic liquids are synthesized under conventional heating or microwave irradiation This invention is also related to the application of ionic liquids to remove sulfur compounds of naphthas through a liquid-liquid extraction and the recovery and reuse of ionic liquids by the application of heat, reduced pressure and washing with solvents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Rafael Martinez Palou, Natalya Victorovna Likhanova, Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Diego Javier Guzman Lucero
  • Publication number: 20150094441
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of formulations of new random copolymers and terpolymers, synthesized by a method of semi continuous emulsion polymerization, and that function as flow improvers, lowering the pour point and reducing the viscosity of Mexicans crude oils, which have gravities within the range of 9 to 30° API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Laura Veronica CASTRO SOTELO, Eugenio Alejandro FLORES OROPEZA, Gabriel CENDEJAS SANTANA, Marcelo LOZADA Y CASSOU, Flavio Salvador VAZQUEZ MORENO
  • Publication number: 20150087729
    Abstract: The present invention is related to formulations including one or more block copolymers with low polydispersity and bifunctionalized with amines, and an ionic liquid. A method of demulsifying, dehydrating, and desalting crude oils having API gravity ranging between 8 to 30 admixes the formulation with the crude oil in an amount effective to demulsify, dehydrate and/or desalt the crude oils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Eugenio Alejandro FLORES OROPEZA, Laura Veronica CASTRO SOTELO, Alfonso LOPEZ ORTEGA, Jose Gonzalo HERNANDEZ CORTEZ, Fernando ALVAREZ RAMIREZ, Arquimedes ESTRADA MARTINEZ, Flavio Salvador VAZQUEZ MORENO