Patents by Inventor Scott Christopher Jackson

Scott Christopher Jackson 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).

  • CONTROL OF FLUID FLOW DURING TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES USING WELL FLUID INJECTION
    Publication number: 20120241148
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method to control distribution of injected microorganisms, nutrients or other chemical treatment fluids from a single injection well to multiple production wells. The sweep efficiency is improved preventing premature production of fluids from production wells with short breakthrough times. This is a useful technique for treatment of subterranean target sites for practice of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery and bioremediation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ALBERT W. ALSOP, Scott Christopher Jackson
  • Method for enhanced recovery of oil from oil reservoirs
    Patent number: 8193126
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for recovering oil from a subterranean reservoir using waterflooding, wherein the flooding fluid used in the waterflooding process comprises water and one or more ionic polyvinyl alcohol copolymers. The use of one or more ionic polyvinyl alcohol copolymers is expected to increase the recovery of oil by improving both the oil/water mobility ratio and the sweep efficiency in reservoirs with a high degree of heterogeneity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott Christopher Jackson, Peter A. Morken, George David Robinson, Elliott Echt
  • Preparation of polytrimthylene ether glycol or copolymers thereof
    Patent number: 8148491
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing polytrimethylene ether glycols or copolymers thereof by a polycondensation reaction using at least one acid catalyst, wherein the temperature of the reaction is controlled such that the average temperature during the first half of the reaction is higher than the average temperature during the second half of the reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: David C. Confer, Mark Andrew Harmer, Christian Hoffmann, Scott Christopher Jackson, Sigridur Soley Kristjansdottir, Rupert Spence
  • Preparation of polytrimethylene ether glycol or copolymers thereof
    Patent number: 8143371
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing polytrimethylene ether glycols or copolymers thereof having a number-average molecular weight of at least about 250 g/mole by a polycondensation reaction using at least one acid catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christian Hoffmann, Scott Christopher Jackson, Edward R. Murphy, Rupert Spence
  • METHOD FOR PRE-TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES ADJACENT TO WATER INJECTION WELLS
    Publication number: 20120006537
    Abstract: A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes has been disclosed. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ALBERT W. ALSOP, ROBERT D. FALLON, SCOTT CHRISTOPHER JACKSON
  • METHOD FOR PRE-TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES ADJACENT TO WATER INJECTION WELLS
    Publication number: 20120006540
    Abstract: A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes has been disclosed. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Albert W. Alsop, Robert D. Fallon, Scott Christopher Jackson
  • METHOD FOR PRE-TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES ADJACENT TO WATER INJECTION WELLS
    Publication number: 20120006538
    Abstract: A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes has been disclosed. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Albert W. ALSOP, Robert D. Fallon, Scott Christopher Jackson
  • METHOD FOR PRE-TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES ADJACENT TO WATER INJECTION WELLS
    Publication number: 20120006542
    Abstract: A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes has been disclosed. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Albert W. Alsop, Robert D. Fallon, Scott Christopher Jackson
  • METHOD FOR PRE-TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES ADJACENT TO WATER INJECTION WELLS
    Publication number: 20120006534
    Abstract: A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes has been disclosed. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ALBERT W. ALSOP, Robert D. Fallon, Scott Christopher Jackson
  • METHOD FOR PRE-TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES ADJACENT TO WATER INJECTION WELLS
    Publication number: 20120006539
    Abstract: A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes has been disclosed. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Albert W. ALSOP, Robert D. Fallon, Scott Christopher Jackson
  • METHOD FOR PRE-TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES ADJACENT TO WATER INJECTION WELLS
    Publication number: 20120006536
    Abstract: A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes has been disclosed. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Albert W. ALSOP, Robert D. FALLON, Scott Christopher JACKSON
  • METHOD FOR PRE-TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES ADJACENT TO WATER INJECTION WELLS
    Publication number: 20120006541
    Abstract: A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes has been disclosed. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Albert W. Alsop, Robert D. Fallon, Scott Christopher Jackson
  • METHOD FOR PRE-TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES ADJACENT TO WATER INJECTION WELLS
    Publication number: 20120006535
    Abstract: A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes has been disclosed. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ALBERT W. ALSOP, ROBERT D. FALLON, SCOTT CHRISTOPHER JACKSON
  • METHOD FOR PRE-TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES ADJACENT TO WATER INJECTION WELLS
    Publication number: 20120006552
    Abstract: A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes has been disclosed. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ALBERT W. ALSOP, Robert D. Fallon, Scott Christopher Jackson
  • METHOD FOR ENHANCED RECOVERY OF OIL FROM OIL RESERVOIRS
    Publication number: 20110160102
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for recovering oil from a subterranean reservoir using waterflooding, wherein the flooding fluid used in the waterflooding process comprises water and one or more ionic polyvinyl alcohol copolymers. The use of one or more ionic polyvinyl alcohol copolymers is expected to increase the recovery of oil by improving both the oil/water mobility ratio and the sweep efficiency in reservoirs with a high degree of heterogeneity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: SCOTT CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, PETER A. MORKEN, ELLIOTT ECHT, GEORGE DAVID ROBINSON
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING POLYTRIMETHYLENE ETHER GLYCOL AND COPOLYMERS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110152498
    Abstract: Processes for producing polytrimethylene ether glycol and copolymers thereof are provided wherein, by condensing and recycling at least a portion of the vapor phase produced as the reaction progresses, the yield loss and polymer color are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Christian Hoffmann, Scott Christopher Jackson, Edward R. Murphy, Bhuma Rajagopalan
  • Method for enhanced recovery of oil from oil reservoirs
    Patent number: 7913759
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for recovering oil from a subterranean reservoir using waterflooding, wherein the flooding fluid used in the waterflooding process comprises water and one or more ionic polyvinyl alcohol copolymers. The use of one or more ionic polyvinyl alcohol copolymers is expected to increase the recovery of oil by improving both the oil/water mobility ratio and the sweep efficiency in reservoirs with a high degree of heterogeneity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott Christopher Jackson, Peter A. Morken, George David Robinson, Elliott Echt
  • ALTERING THE INTERFACE OF HYDROCARBON-COATED SURFACES
    Publication number: 20110030956
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided wherein microorganisms are used to alter the interface of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon-coated surfaces to increase oil recovery, for improved bioremediation and/or pipeline maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ERIC R. CHOBAN, ROBERT D. FALLON, EDWIN R. HENDRICKSON, SCOTT CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, ABIGAIL K. LUCKRING, MICHAEL P. PERRY, DAVID ALAN SUCHANEC, SHERYL M. ANYZEK
  • Identification, characterization, and application of (LH4:18), useful in microbially enhanced oil release
    Patent number: 7776795
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to isolation, identification and application of Shewanella putrefaciens strain LH4:18 that grows, under denitrifying anaerobic conditions, on crude oil as the sole carbon source. This organism assists in oil release from substrate in reservoir simulations when grown on either lactate or peptone as a carbon source. Shewanella putrefaciens strain LH4:18 can be used alone or in concert with other microorganisms to improve oil recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Sharon Jo Keeler, Edwin R. Hendrickson, Linda L. Hnatow, Scott Christopher Jackson
  • Method for identification of novel anaerobic denitrifying bacteria utilizing petroleum components as sole carbon source
    Patent number: 7740063
    Abstract: A method for the phylogenetic identification of indigenous anaerobic denitrifying bacterial species in an oil well is described. The method avoids the process of enrichment of microbial samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Fallon, Linda L. Hnatow, Scott Christopher Jackson, Sharon Jo Keeler