Patents by Inventor Terry B. McCarthy

Terry B. McCarthy 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).

  • Apparatus and process for stabilizing liquid hydrocarbon condensate
    Patent number: 4964980
    Abstract: Stabilized liquid hydrocarbon condensate is obtained by a process comprising the steps of:(a) introducing said condensate, at an elevated temperature and pressure, into a stabilizer column operated under conditions effective to separate said condensate into (i) a liquid portion which is a stabilized condensate comprising n-C.sub.4 t hydrocarbons, and (ii) a gaseous portion, which comprises CO.sub.2 and normally gaseous hydrocarbons(b) withdrawing said liquid portion, (i), from said stabilizer and dividing it into a stabilized condensate product stream that is recovered and a recycle stream that is cooled and reintroduced as liquid feed into said stabilizer column; and(c) withdrawing said gaseous portion, (ii), from said stabilizer column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventor: Terry B. McCarthy