Patents by Inventor James G. Kralik

James G. Kralik 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).

  • Method and system for enhancing hydrocarbon operations
    Patent number: 10907472
    Abstract: A method and system are described for imaging core samples associated with a subsurface region. The imaging results may be used to create or update a subsurface model and using the subsurface model and/or imaging results in hydrocarbon operations. The imaging techniques may include NMR imaging and CT imaging. Further, the imaging techniques may also include exposing the core sample to the imaging gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Hubert E. King, Jr., Shawn Fullmer, Antonio S. Buono, Michael Sansone, Pavel Kortunov, John H. Dunsmuir, Bo Gao, James G. Kralik, Ye Xu
  • Method and system for enhancing hydrocarbon operations
    Patent number: 10697295
    Abstract: A method and system are described for imaging core samples associated with a subsurface region. The imaging results may be used to create or update a subsurface model and using the subsurface model and/or imaging results in hydrocarbon operations. The imaging techniques may include NMR imaging and CT imaging. Further, the imaging techniques may also include exposing the core sample to the imaging gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Antonio S. Buono, Shawn Fullmer, Hubert E. King, Jr., Michael Sansone, Pavel Kortunov, John H. Dunsmuir, Bo Gao, James G. Kralik, Ye Xu
  • Method and System for Enhancing Hydrocarbon Operations
    Publication number: 20180258763
    Abstract: A method and system are described for imaging core samples associated with a subsurface region. The imaging results may be used to create or update a subsurface model and using the subsurface model and/or imaging results in hydrocarbon operations. The imaging techniques may include NMR imaging and CT imaging. Further, the imaging techniques may also include exposing the core sample to the imaging gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hubert E. King, JR., Shawn Fullmer, Antonio S. Buono, Michael Sansone, Pavel Kortunov, John H. Dunsmuir, Bo Gao, James G. Kralik, Ye Xu
  • Method and System for Enhancing Hydrocarbon Operations
    Publication number: 20180259467
    Abstract: A method and system are described for imaging core samples associated with a subsurface region. The imaging results may be used to create or update a subsurface model and using the subsurface model and/or imaging results in hydrocarbon operations. The imaging techniques may include NMR imaging and CT imaging. Further, the imaging techniques may also include exposing the core sample to the imaging gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Antonio S. Buono, Shawn Fullmer, Hubert E. King, JR., Michael Sansone, Pavel Kortunov, John H. Dunsmuir, Bo Gao, James G. Kralik, Ye Xu
  • Enhanced oil recovery process with reduced gas drive mobility
    Patent number: 4773484
    Abstract: A process for recovering crude oil from a subterranean formation comprising injecting into the formation a liquid solution consisting essentially of at least one surfactant such as alkyl toluene sulfonate in an aqueous medium and injecting a gas to displace the movable oil effectively toward a production well. The process is advantageous in formations where temperatures preclude effective oil recovery using micellar/polymer chemical floods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventors: Harry L. Chang, James G. Kralik
  • Method for removing sulfur from fossil fuels
    Patent number: 4492588
    Abstract: A process for removal of sulfur from fossil fuels, such as coal, lignite, peat and fuel oil. The process includes the oxidative treatment of the fuel at or about ambient temperature, followed by a wash with a dilute basic aqueous solution of a basic compound of alkali metal or alkaline earth metal at or about ambient temperature. Upon burning of the fuel, a large amount of the sulfur is trapped as a sulfate in the resulting ash rather than as a gas in the effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: James G. Kralik, William H. Corcoran