Patents by Inventor Raymond Nicholas French

Raymond Nicholas French 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: 8394180
    Abstract: A method of absorbing gases into a liquid comprising providing a stream of at least one desirable gas and at least one undesirable gas, exposing the gas stream to a liquid, so that the liquid absorbs more of the desirable gas than the undesirable gas, and releasing the liquid and gas mixture into an underground formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Zaida Diaz, Raymond Nicholas French, Dean Chien Wang, Geoffrey Matthew Warren
  • Publication number: 20100140139
    Abstract: A method of absorbing gases into a liquid comprising providing a stream of at least one desirable gas and at least one undesirable gas, exposing the gas stream to a liquid, so that the liquid absorbs more of the desirable gas than the undesirable gas, and releasing the liquid and gas mixture into an underground formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Zaida Diaz, Raymond Nicholas French, Dean Chien Wang, Geoffrey Matthew Warren
  • Publication number: 20100025634
    Abstract: A process for the treatment of a high-pressure hydrocarbon gas stream to make a carbon dioxide-rich product stream and a treated hydrocarbon gas product stream by contacting within a contactor the high-pressure hydrocarbon gas stream with a solvent containing aqueous ammonia and, optionally, a reaction product of a liquid ammonia-carbon dioxide-water system. A fat solvent containing precipitated solids is withdrawn from the contactor and is regenerated whereby carbon dioxide is released and the fat solvent and a lean solvent is provided for reuse as the solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Jose Luis BRAVO, Ashok Kumar Rupkrishen DEWAN, Raymond Nicholas FRENCH, Amrit Lal KALRA, Pervaiz NASIR, Jiri Peter Thomas VAN STRAELEN
  • Publication number: 20100006803
    Abstract: A method of treating a high-pressure hydrocarbon stream, such as natural or synthetic gas, contaminated with a high concentration of carbon dioxide, by contacting the contaminated high-pressure hydrocarbon stream with a chilled aqueous ammonia solution in an absorber at high pressure to produce a treated gas stream having a substantially reduced carbon dioxide content and a carbon dioxide-rich ammonia solution. The carbon dioxide-rich ammonia solution is regenerated by stripping, thus producing a concentrated carbon dioxide stream at high pressure suitable for sequestration or other uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Jose Luis Bravo, Ashok Kumar Rupkrishen Dewan, Raymond Nicholas French, Amrit Lal Kalra, Pervaiz Nasir, Jiri Peter Thomas Van Straelen