Hirasaki
George Hirasaki, Houston, TX US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20160030880 | CO2 CAPTURE WITH AMINES AND ACIDIC MATERIALS - An improved method of CO | 02-04-2016 |
George Hirasaki, Bellaire, TX US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150267104 | ULTRA-LOW-TENSION COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY - In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to compositions for enhanced oil recovery. In some embodiments, such compositions include: (1) a first agent, wherein the first agent acts as a foam booster; (2) a second agent, wherein the second agent includes a sulfonated or sulfated anionic surfactant; a (3) a third agent, wherein the third agent includes an alkoxylated and anionic surfactant; and (4) a base liquid. In some embodiments, the compositions of the present disclosure further include a gas, such as nitrogen. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of formulating the aforementioned compositions for enhanced oil recovery. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of recovering oil from a reservoir by utilizing the aforementioned compositions. | 09-24-2015 |
George J. Hirasaki, Bellaire, TX US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110247966 | Recovery and Separation of Crude Oil and Water from Emulsions - A composition and method demulsify a produced emulsion from anionic surfactants and polymer (SP) and alkali, surfactants, and polymer (ASP). The produced emulsion is demulsified into oil and water. In one embodiment, the composition includes a surfactant. The surfactant comprises a cationic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, or any combinations thereof. | 10-13-2011 |
20130196886 | SURFACTANT SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY - The invention relates to a hydrocarbon recovery composition comprising a combination of an internal olefin sulfonate and an alkoxy glycidyl sulfonate, more specifically a hydrocarbon recovery composition comprising surfactant and water, wherein the surfactant comprises a combination of an internal olefin sulfonate with a chain length of greater than C20 and an alkoxy glycidyl sulfonate selected from an ethoxylated glycidyl sulfonate and a propoxylated glycidyl sulfonate. Further, the invention relates to a method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation, comprising (a) providing a hydrocarbon recovery composition to at least a portion of the hydrocarbon containing formation, wherein the composition comprises a blend of an internal olefin sulfonate and an alkoxy glycidyl sulfonate; and (b) allowing the composition to interact with hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon containing formation. | 08-01-2013 |
20150050741 | TRANSPORTERS OF OIL SENSORS FOR DOWNHOLE HYDROCARBON DETECTION - Various embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to nanocomposites for detecting hydrocarbons in a geological structure. In some embodiments, the nanocomposites include: a core particle; a polymer associated with the core particle; a sulfur-based moiety associated with the polymer; and a releasable probe molecule associated with the core particle, where the releasable probe molecule is releasable from the core particle upon exposure to hydrocarbons. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of detecting hydrocarbons in a geological structure by utilizing the nanocomposites of the present disclosure. | 02-19-2015 |
George Jiro Hirasaki, Bellaire, TX US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100243534 | SILICATES ADDITION IN BITUMEN FROTH TREATMENT - A method for processing a bitumen froth comprising bitumen, water and solids including fine solids for reducing the solids concentration in diluted bitumen is provided comprising diluting the bitumen froth with a hydrocarbon diluent to form a dilfroth; adding a sufficient amount of a silicate to the dilfroth to cause a substantial amount of fine solids to associate with the water instead of the diluted bitumen; and allowing the diluted bitumen to separate from the water containing the substantial amount of fine solids to produce a dilbit having less than 3 percent by weight solids. | 09-30-2010 |
Kitt N. Hirasaki, Studio City, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090193034 | MULTI-AXIS, HIERARCHICAL BROWSER FOR ACCESSING AND VIEWING DIGITAL ASSETS - A digital asset browsing system allowing users to access assets in varying ways and along differing axial directions. The system includes data storage or memory devices storing digital assets (e.g., assets associated with a digital work such as an animated film). A client computing device or workstation accesses the data storage over a communications network and includes a processor, an input device for allowing a user to input data including assets queries, selections of displayed assets, and axial expansion requests, and a monitor for displaying a graphical user interface. A multi-axis hierarchical browser is run by the client device and displays in the user interface a first browser window with information corresponding to a first set of the digital assets and displays a second browser window including information corresponding to a second set of the digital assets related to the first set of assets by a user selected relationship. | 07-30-2009 |
Nobuyuki Hirasaki, Tokyo JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150339567 | RADIO IC-MOUNTED ARTICLE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR RADIO IC-MOUNTED ARTICLE - A radio IC-mounted article communicates in a microwave band or an ultrahigh frequency band, and is provided with: a substrate on which an IC chip and an antenna electrically connected to the IC chip are mounted; a first booster antenna electromagnetically coupled to the antenna; a second booster antenna electromagnetically coupled to the first booster antenna; and an article on which the substrate, the first booster antenna, and the second booster antenna are mounted. | 11-26-2015 |
Takeo Hirasaki, Tokyo JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120042658 | Fuel supply system for gas turbine combustor and fuel supply method for gas turbine combustor - A consumption amount of high-calorific gas such as coke oven gas (COG) during operation of a gas turbine is reduced, halt of the gas turbine due to clogging of a pilot system, a malfunction of a compressor which compresses high-calorific gas is prevented, and reliability of the gas turbine is improved. When operation of the gas turbine ( | 02-23-2012 |
Tetsuro Hirasaki, Tokyo JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120187422 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH, SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, DISPLAY PANEL, ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, SOLAR CELL ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A semiconductor substrate that includes a semiconductor layer that exhibits high crystallinity includes a graphite layer formed of a heterocyclic polymer obtained by condensing an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid and an aromatic tetramine, and a semiconductor layer that is grown on the surface of the graphite layer, or includes a substrate that includes a graphite layer formed of a heterocyclic polymer obtained by condensing an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid and an aromatic tetramine on its surface, a buffer layer that is grown on the surface of the graphite layer, and a semiconductor layer that is grown on the surface of the buffer layer. | 07-26-2012 |
Yasuyuki Hirasaki, Kanagawa JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090238018 | Integrated circuit including Built-In Self Test circuit to test memory and memory test method - An integrated circuit includes multiple memory circuits including memory cell arrays different in size, a BIST circuit which has a cell sequential transition test processor and which outputs a test cell address, a transition direction specification signal and an active signal. The integrated circuit has adjustment circuits which are provided respectively for the memory circuits and which replace the test cell address with the test cell address in a memory cell array area, or which convert the active signal into a signal indicating non-execution when the test cell address outputted from the BIST circuit corresponds to a cell in a virtual cell array being in an area outside the memory cell array. | 09-24-2009 |