Jerry J Weers, 673106 Saddle Ridge Ct, Richmond, TX 77406

5772706, Jun 30, 1998

Sep 12, 1997

8/928289

John A. Schield - Chesterfield MO
Jerry J. Weers - Richmond TX

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

C10L 118

44395

Adding to a fuel oil a composition of from about 1 to about 40 parts by weight ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of from about 10% by weight to about 50% by weight and a weight average molecular weight of from about 2,000 to about 10,000, and 1 part by weight esterified copolymer of at least one generally linear. alpha. -olefin of from about 18 to about 50 carbon atoms and maleic anhydride in an. alpha. -olefin to maleic anhydride molar ratio of from about 4:1 to about 1:2, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from about 2,000 to about 20,000, the esterified copolymer having been esterified with a plurality of aliphatic alcohols having from about four to about forty carbon atoms, imparts to the fuel oil surprisingly improved low temperature fluidity, provided that the alcohols include an eight carbon alcohol making up from about 50 to about 85 molar percent of the alcohols.

6562086, May 13, 2003

Jun 26, 1997

08/883634

David R. Gentry - St. Louis MO
Mark P. Stehlin - Fenton MO
Jerry J. Weers - Ballwin MO

Baker Hughes Inc. - Houston TX

C10L 122

44418, 44419

A fuel composition of improved lubricity comprises a lubricity-increasing amount of a lubricity aid dissolved in low sulfur diesel fuel and spark ignition fuels. The lubricity aid is an alkanolamide of a fatty acid, an alkanolamide of a modified fatty acid or a mixture thereof. If the lubricity aid is other than an alkanolamide of an aryl-substituted fatty acid, the composition further necessarily comprises a haze-inhibiting amount of a dehazer. The lubricity of such fuels may be enhanced without acceptably increasing the tendency of the fuel to become hazy upon contact with water.

6656445, Dec 2, 2003

Oct 9, 2001

09/975438

John A. Schield - Missouri City TX
Weldon J. Cappel - Houston TX
Jerry J. Weers - Richmond TX
Glenn L. Roof - Sugar Land TX

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

C01B 1700

4235781

The present invention provides a method for inhibiting the evolution of H S from sulfhydryl compounds in molten sulfur by using scavenging agents such as anhydrides and polymers thereof, conjugated ketones, carbonates, epoxides, monoesters and diesters of unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and polymers of these esters, and the like and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, it is preferred that the scavenging agent is in liquid form at contact temperature with the molten sulfur. In another embodiment, the scavenging agent may be atomized into the vapor space over the molten sulfur to contact the sulfur with the agent.

6887447, May 3, 2005

Oct 17, 2003

10/688243

John A. Schield - Missouri City TX, US
Weldon J. Cappel - Houston TX, US
Jerry J. Weers - Richmond TX, US
Glenn L. Roof - Sugar Land TX, US

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

C01B017/02

423265, 4235671, 4235781

The present invention provides a method for inhibiting the evolution of HS from sulfhydryl compounds in molten sulfur by using scavenging agents such as anhydrides and polymers thereof, conjugated ketones, carbonates, epoxides, monoesters and diesters of unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and polymers of these esters, and the like and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, it is preferred that the scavenging agent is in liquid form at contact temperature with the molten sulfur. In another embodiment, the scavenging agent may be atomized into the vapor space over the molten sulfur to contact the sulfur with the agent.

7416654, Aug 26, 2008

Jul 18, 2005

11/183731

Joseph L. Stark - Richmond TX, US
Thomas Falkler - Missouri City TX, US
Jerry J. Weers - Richmond TX, US
Michael J. Zetlmeisl - Katy TX, US

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

C10G 9/26

208125, 208131

Metal additives to hydrocarbon feed streams give improved hydrocarbon liquid yield during thermal cracking thereof. Suitable additives include metal overbases and metal dispersions and the metals suitable include, but are not necessarily limited to, magnesium, calcium, barium, strontium, aluminum, boron, zinc, silicon, cerium, titanium, zirconium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and/or platinum, overbases and dispersions. Coker feedstocks and visbreaker feeds are particular hydrocarbon feed streams to which the method can be advantageously applied, but the technique may be used on any hydrocarbon feed that is thermally cracked.

7497943, Mar 3, 2009

Aug 27, 2003

10/649921

Tran M. Nguyen - Houston TX, US
Lawrence N. Kremer - The Woodlands TX, US
Jerry J. Weers - Richmond TX, US

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

C10G 45/00

208251R, 208179, 208181, 208187, 208254 R, 585 3

It has been discovered that metals and/or amines can be removed or transferred from a hydrocarbon phase to a water phase in an emulsion breaking process by using a composition that contains water-soluble hydroxyacids. Suitable water-soluble hydroxyacids include, but are not necessarily limited to glycolic acid, gluconic acid, C-Calpha-hydroxy acids, poly-hydroxy carboxylic acids, thioglycolic acid, chloroacetic acid, polymeric forms of the above hydroxyacids, poly-glycolic esters, glycolate ethers, and ammonium salt and alkali metal salts of these hydroxyacids, and mixtures thereof. The composition may also include at least one mineral acid to reduce the pH of the desalter wash water. A solvent may be optionally included in the composition. The invention permits transfer of metals and/or amines into the aqueous phase with little or no hydrocarbon phase undercarry into the aqueous phase. The composition is particularly useful in treating crude oil emulsions, and in removing calcium and other metals therefrom.

7799213, Sep 21, 2010

Jul 8, 2005

11/177060

Lawrence N. Kremer - The Woodlands TX, US
Tran M. Nguyen - Houston TX, US
Jerry J. Weers - Richmond TX, US

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

C10G 17/00
B01D 17/05

208282, 208177, 208179, 208181, 208187, 208188, 208263, 208265, 208283, 208284, 585820, 585823, 516142

Reactive phosphorus species can be removed or transferred from a hydrocarbon phase to a water phase in an emulsion breaking process by using a composition that contains water-soluble hydroxyacids. Suitable water-soluble hydroxyacids include, but are not necessarily limited to glycolic acid, gluconic acid, C-Calpha-hydroxy acids, poly-hydroxy carboxylic acids, thioglycolic acid, chloroacetic acid, polymeric forms of the above hydroxyacids, poly-glycolic esters, glycolate ethers, and ammonium salt and alkali metal salts of these hydroxyacids, and mixtures thereof. The composition may optionally include a mineral acid to reduce the pH of the desalter wash water. A solvent may be optionally included in the composition. The invention permits transfer of reactive phosphorus species into the aqueous phase with little or no hydrocarbon phase undercarry into the aqueous phase. The composition is particularly useful in treating crude oil emulsions, and in removing calcium and other metals therefrom.

7918905, Apr 5, 2011

May 17, 2007

11/749853

Lawrence N. Kremer - Woodland TX, US
Jerry J. Weers - Richmond TX, US
Jennifer D. Draper - Bryan TX, US

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

C10L 1/222

44422, 44307, 44308, 44388, 44434

The addition of strong neutralizing amines to react with free fatty acid in biodiesel fuels that may be left from some synthesis routes can lower the total acid number (TAN) of the biodiesel fuel. Surprisingly, the strong neutralizing amines do not interfere with the biodiesel fuel itself which may be primarily fatty acid methyl esters. These strong neutralizing amines may also improve the oxidative stability of biodiesel fuels.