Patents by Inventor Kelly M. Bell

Kelly M. Bell 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).

  • Process and system for treating oil sands produced gases and liquids
    Patent number: 9738837
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process and system for removing at least a portion of organosulfur compounds from an oil sands produced gas and transferring the organosulfur compounds to a bitumen-based liquid. One example of the system includes an absorber to contact the gas with an amount of liquid hydrocarbon sufficient to absorb some of the organosulfur compounds, producing an organosulfur enriched liquid hydrocarbon. The system includes a separator that accepts the organosulfur enriched liquid hydrocarbon and an emulsion that includes water and the bitumen-based liquid. The separator separates produced water from a bitumen-based mixture of organosulfur enriched liquid hydrocarbon and bitumen-based liquid. The system adds an amount of additional liquid hydrocarbon to separate the produced water from the bitumen-based mixture when the amount of liquid hydrocarbon added is less than the amount of liquid hydrocarbon needed to separate the produced water from the bitumen-based mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Cenovus Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly M. Bell, Russell H. Wickes
  • PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING OIL SANDS PRODUCED GASES AND LIQUIDS
    Publication number: 20140332447
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process and system for removing at least a portion of organosulfur compounds from an oil sands produced gas and transferring the organosulfur compounds to a bitumen-based liquid. One example of the system includes an absorber to contact the gas with an amount of liquid hydrocarbon sufficient to absorb some of the organosulfur compounds, producing an organosulfur enriched liquid hydrocarbon. The system includes a separator that accepts the organosulfur enriched liquid hydrocarbon and an emulsion that includes water and the bitumen-based liquid. The separator separates produced water from a bitumen-based mixture of organosulfur enriched liquid hydrocarbon and bitumen-based liquid. The system adds an amount of additional liquid hydrocarbon to separate the produced water from the bitumen-based mixture when the amount of liquid hydrocarbon added is less than the amount of liquid hydrocarbon needed to separate the produced water from the bitumen-based mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Kelly M. Bell, Russell H. WICKES