Soane Energy, LLC Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150013721 | TREATMENT OF OIL-CONTAMINATED SOLIDS - The disclosure pertains to systems and methods for removing hydrocarbon contaminants from a contaminated solid using an environmentally benign extractant and an oleophilic absorber, where the environmentally benign extractant and the oleophilic absorber are separate components. | 01-15-2015 |
20140166587 | METHODS FOR REMOVING FINELY DISPERSED PARTICULATE MATTER FROM A FLUID STREAM - Disclosed herein are systems for removing particulate matter from a fluid, comprising a particle functionalized by attachment of at least one activating group or amine functional group, wherein the modified particle complexes with the particulate matter within the fluid to form a removable complex therein. The particulate matter has preferably been contacted, complexed or reacted with a tethering agent. The system is particularly advantageous to removing particulate matter from a tailing solution. | 06-19-2014 |
20140128296 | TUNABLE POLYMERIC SURFACTANTS FOR MOBILIZING OIL INTO WATER - The present invention relates to compositions comprising tunable polymeric surfactants and methods for enhanced oil recovery. | 05-08-2014 |
20140060832 | SELF-SUSPENDING PROPPANTS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING - The invention provides for modified proppants, comprising a proppant particle and a hydrogel coating, wherein the hydrogel coating localizes on the surface of the proppant particle to produce the modified proppant, methods of manufacturing such proppants and methods of use. | 03-06-2014 |
20140057816 | LOW INTERFACIAL TENSION SURFACTANTS FOR PETROLEUM APPLICATIONS - The invention relates to a class of novel surfactants that have utility in the recovery and/or extraction of oil. | 02-27-2014 |
20140051620 | RAPIDLY INVERTING WATER-IN-OIL POLYMER EMULSIONS - The present invention relates to formulations comprising an inversion facilitator additive and an active emulsion polymer, and methods for their use. The formulation can comprise a water-in-oil emulsion having the active emulsion polymer in an aqueous phase of the water-in-oil emulsion. The active emulsion polymer can be a friction-reducing polymer, a flocculant polymer, or any other polymer suitable for delivery within the aqueous phase of the water-in-oil emulsion. | 02-20-2014 |
20140014586 | TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER - The present invention provides systems and methods for removing an oxidizable target contaminant from a fluid, and methods for their use. In embodiments, these systems and methods include an oxidizing agent, wherein adding the oxidizing agent to the oxidizable target contaminant forms an oxidized species that precipitates as an insoluble precipitate in the fluid; a substrate that forms a removable complex with the insoluble precipitate, thereby sequestering the oxidizable contaminant, and a removal system for removing the removable complex from the fluid. | 01-16-2014 |
20130233545 | SELF-SUSPENDING PROPPANTS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING - The present invention provides modified proppants, and methods for their manufacture. In embodiments, the modified proppant comprises a proppant particle and a hydrogel coating, wherein the hydrogel coating is applied to a surface of the proppant particle and localizes on the surface to produce the modified proppant. In embodiments, formulations are disclosed comprising the modified particles, and methods are disclosed for using the formulations. | 09-12-2013 |
20130134103 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING FINELY DISPERSED PARTICULATE MATTER FROM A FLUID STREAM - Disclosed herein are systems for removing particulate matter from a fluid, comprising a particle functionalized by attachment of at least one activating group or amine functional group, wherein the modified particle complexes with the particulate matter within the fluid to form a removable complex therein. The particulate matter has preferably been contacted, complexed or reacted with a tethering agent. The system is particularly advantageous to removing particulate matter from a tailing solution. | 05-30-2013 |
20130023457 | LOW INTERFACIAL TENSION SURFACTANTS FOR PETROLEUM APPLICATIONS - The invention relates to a class of novel surfactants that have utility in the recovery and/or extraction of oil. | 01-24-2013 |