Inventor
COLLINS IAN RALPH
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BP EXPLORATION OPERATING
16 patentsUS6939832B2Sep 6, 2005
Process for treating an oil well
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING69 citations98
US7455109B2Nov 25, 2008
Water flooding method
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING52 citations96
US6380136B1Apr 30, 2002
Coated products and use thereof in oil fields
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING130 citations95
US6581687B2Jun 24, 2003
Water-in-oil microemulsions useful for oil field or gas field applications and methods for using the same
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING104 citations93
US7600567B2Oct 13, 2009
Desalination method
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING63 citations92
US7332459B2Feb 19, 2008
Method for scale inhibition in oil wells
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING44 citations92
US7008466B2Mar 7, 2006
Method for inhibiting hydrate formation
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING31 citations92
US6764980B2Jul 20, 2004
Coated products and use thereof in oil fields
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING42 citations92
US7726398B2Jun 1, 2010
Water flooding method
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING26 citations91
US7987907B2Aug 2, 2011
Hydrocarbon recovery process
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING22 citations90
US7419938B2Sep 2, 2008
Process for treating an oil well
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING12 citations84
US7417010B2Aug 26, 2008
Process for treating an oil well
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING12 citations84
US7306035B2Dec 11, 2007
Process for treating a formation
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING18 citations83
US7074258B2Jul 11, 2006
Process for dehydrating gas
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING9 citations72
US9804062B2Oct 31, 2017
Apparatus and method for testing multiple samples
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING5 citations70
US7640981B2Jan 5, 2010
Scale inhibition method
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING2 citations57
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD
5 patentsUS10815777B2Oct 27, 2020
Method to detect incremental oil production arising from a low salinity waterflood
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD7 citations76
US9982520B2May 29, 2018
Oil recovery method
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD2 citations71
US10227858B2Mar 12, 2019
Method and system for configuring crude oil displacement system
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD1 citations58
US11648511B2May 16, 2023
Method of controlling salinity of a low salinity injection water
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD0 citations49
US11162311B2Nov 2, 2021
Method of controlling salinity of an injection water during commissioning of an injection well
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD0 citations49
BP CHEM INT LTD
4 patentsUS6225263B1May 1, 2001
Use of oil and gas field chemicals
BP CHEM INT LTD52 citations93
US6148913ANov 21, 2000
Oil and gas field chemicals
BP CHEM INT LTD38 citations92
US6173780B1Jan 16, 2001
Process for increasing effectiveness of production chemicals by reducing number of squeezing and shut-in operations required to increase production rate from an oil well
BP CHEM INT LTD22 citations91
US5690174ANov 25, 1997
Oil and gas field chemicals
BP CHEM INT LTD38 citations90
COLLINS IAN RALPH
4 patentsUS8439111B2May 14, 2013
Hydrocarbon recovery process
COLLINS IAN RALPH18 citations88
US9103201B2Aug 11, 2015
Method and system for configuring crude oil displacement system
COLLINS IAN RALPH7 citations78
US9261435B2Feb 16, 2016
Apparatus and method for testing multiple samples
COLLINS IAN RALPH3 citations69
US8622129B2Jan 7, 2014
Method of injecting carbon dioxide
COLLINS IAN RALPH5 citations64
BP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC
2 patentsUS10214683B2Feb 26, 2019
Systems and methods for producing hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon bearing rock via combined treatment of the rock and subsequent waterflooding
BP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC3 citations66
US10913891B2Feb 9, 2021
Systems and methods for producing hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon bearing rock via combined treatment of the rock and subsequent waterflooding
BP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations55