Patents by Inventor SALVADOR ESCOBEDO SALAS

SALVADOR ESCOBEDO SALAS 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).

  • Recovery of hydrocarbon diluent from froth treatment tailings
    Patent number: 11566183
    Abstract: A method for recovering hydrocarbon diluent present in froth treatment tailings, comprising introducing the tailings into a vessel; adding a first portion of steam into the vessel to form a vapour-tailings interface; and operating the vessel to increase the exposure of the tailings to the vapour-tailings interface formed in the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD. in trust for the owners of the Syncrude Project as such owners exist now and in the future
    Inventors: Sujit Bhattacharya, Craig McKnight, Salvador Escobedo Salas, Hugo deLasa
  • RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON DILUENT FROM FROTH TREATMENT TAILINGS
    Publication number: 20220204862
    Abstract: A method for recovering hydrocarbon diluent present in froth treatment tailings, comprising introducing the tailings into a vessel; adding a first portion of steam into the vessel to form a vapour-tailings interface; and operating the vessel to increase the exposure of the tailings to the vapour-tailings interface formed in the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: SUJIT BHATTACHARYA, CRAIG McKNIGHT, SALVADOR ESCOBEDO SALAS, HUGO deLASA
  • Recovery of hydrocarbon diluent from froth treatment tailings
    Patent number: 11261384
    Abstract: A method for recovering hydrocarbon diluent present in froth treatment tailings, comprising introducing the tailings into a vessel; adding a first portion of steam into the vessel to form a vapour-tailings interface; and operating the vessel to increase the exposure of the tailings to the vapour-tailings interface formed in the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD. in trust for the owners of the Syncrude Project as such owners exist now and in the future
    Inventors: Sujit Bhattacharya, Craig McKnight, Salvador Escobedo Salas, Hugo deLasa
  • RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON DILUENT FROM FROTH TREATMENT TAILINGS
    Publication number: 20210071087
    Abstract: A method for recovering hydrocarbon diluent present in froth treatment tailings, comprising introducing the tailings into a vessel; adding a first portion of steam into the vessel to form a vapour-tailings interface; and operating the vessel to increase the exposure of the tailings to the vapour-tailings interface formed in the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: SUJIT BHATTACHARYA, CRAIG McKNIGHT, SALVADOR ESCOBEDO SALAS, HUGO deLASA