Patents by Inventor Richard Wayne Saulnier

Richard Wayne Saulnier 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).

  • Means and methods for managing ammonia, amine and normal salt fouling in oil production and refining
    Patent number: 11447705
    Abstract: Methods for use in treating hydrocarbon streams are provided. The methods of the present disclosure include; introducing one or more alcohols into a hydrocarbon stream that includes one or more hydrolyzable chloride compounds; allowing the one or more alcohols to interact with, the one or more hydrolyzable chloride compounds; and increasing: one of a solubility value or a dispersancy value of at least a portion of the hydrolyzable chloride compounds in the hydrocarbon steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Oliver Bosch, Richard Wayne Saulnier, Charles Richard Crow, Russell Cody Strong, Jr.
  • MEANS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AMMONIA, AMINE AND NORMAL SALT FOULING IN OIL PRODUCTION AND REFINING
    Publication number: 20220041941
    Abstract: Methods for use in treating hydrocarbon streams are provided. The methods of the present disclosure include; introducing one or more alcohols into a hydrocarbon stream that includes one or more hydrolyzable chloride compounds; allowing the one or more alcohols to interact with, the one or more hydrolyzable chloride compounds; and increasing: one of a solubility value or a dispersancy value of at least a portion of the hydrolyzable chloride compounds in the hydrocarbon steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald Oliver Bosch, Richard Wayne Saulnier, Charles Richard Crow, Russell Cody Strong, Jr.