Patents by Inventor Khomsi Trabelsi

Khomsi Trabelsi 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 allowing the fast assessment of at least one petroleum characteristic of a rock sample-application to a reservoir comprising heavy oils
    Patent number: 5843787
    Abstract: A method allowing fast assessment of at least one petroleum characteristic of geologic sediments from a sample of these sediments, said method comprising heating the sample in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, and which method comprises different temperature rise stages; determining at least three magnitudes S.sub.1r, S.sub.2a and S.sub.b representative of the quantity of hydrocarbons contained in said sample, and deducing at least one petroleum characteristic of the geologic sediment from these three magnitudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Khomsi Trabelsi, Jean Espitalie