Patents by Inventor Robbin Bruce Anderson

Robbin Bruce Anderson 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: 9149761
    Abstract: A gas processing facility and method for processing a hydrocarbon gas stream comprising sulfurous components and carbon dioxide. The gas processing facility includes an acid gas removal facility for separating the hydrocarbon gas stream into (i) a sweetened gas stream, and (ii) an acid gas stream comprised primarily of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. The gas processing facility also includes a Claus sulfur recovery unit that generates a tail gas, and a tail gas treating unit for receiving the tail gas. In various embodiments, the gas processing facility and method capture CO2 from the tail gas and injects it under pressure into a subsurface reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Paul S Northrop, Robbin Bruce Anderson
  • Publication number: 20120279728
    Abstract: A gas processing facility for processing a hydrocarbon gas stream is provided. The hydrocarbon gas stream comprises sulfurous components and carbon dioxide. The gas processing facility includes an acid gas removal facility for separating the hydrocarbon gas stream into (i) a sweetened gas stream, and (ii) an acid gas stream comprised primarily of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. The gas processing facility also includes a Claus sulfur recovery unit that generates a tail gas, and a tail gas treating unit for receiving the tail gas. In various embodiments, the gas processing facility captures CO2 from the tail gas and injects it under pressure into a subsurface reservoir. A method for processing a hydrocarbon gas stream such that additional CO2 is captured and injected into a subsurface reservoir is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Paul S. Northrop, Robbin Bruce Anderson