Patents by Inventor Steven Sterner

Steven Sterner 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determining gas content of subsurface fluids for oil and gas exploration
    Publication number: 20070169540
    Abstract: A process to analyze fluid entrained in well boreholes. The process includes gathering trap gas samples from return of drilling mud at multiple depths. The process also includes the steps of subjecting the samples to mass spectrometry in order to determine mass to charge ratios data of hydrocarbons and analyzing the mass to charge ratios data in relation to depth or time. Samples from at least one other source may also be gathered and analyzed chosen from the group consisting of mud fluid analysis, cuttings backgrounds analysis and cuttings crush analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Sterner, Donald Hall, Wells Shentwu