Patents by Inventor Fred H. Poettmann

Fred H. Poettmann 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: 5505074
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining the minimum miscibility pressure of a system comprising a gas and a liquid. A liquid-filled tube is equilibrated at a predetermined temperature and initial pressure, and pressure changes are determined as a single gas bubble is launched, rises through the tube, and stabilizes in the liquid. The measurements are repeated with fresh liquid at a series of different predetermined pressures. The minimum miscibility pressure is obtained either by finding the final pressure at which the time between launch and stabilization is constant or by evaluating the derivative of an empirically derived relationship between initial pressure and final pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Marathon Oil Company
    Inventors: I. Metin Mihcakan, Fred H. Poettmann, Richard L. Christiansen