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Ian Ralph Collins
Also filed as: COLLINS IAN R · COLLINS IAN RALPH
32 granted patents·6 pending applications·846 citations·filing 1996–2021
98Inventor score
Files withBP EXPLORATION OPERATING16BP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD7BP CHEM INT LTD4COLLINS IAN RALPH4BP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC3
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38 records- 0197US7455109B2Water flooding methodBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 25, 2008·52 cites·25 claims
- 0293US6380136B1Coated products and use thereof in oil fieldsBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 30, 2002·130 cites·16 claims
- 0391US7600567B2Desalination methodBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 13, 2009·63 cites·27 claims
- 0490US7987907B2Hydrocarbon recovery processBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 2, 2011·22 cites·25 claims
- 0590US6939832B2Process for treating an oil wellBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 6, 2005·69 cites·17 claims
- 0690US6581687B2Water-in-oil microemulsions useful for oil field or gas field applications and methods for using the sameBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 24, 2003·104 cites·5 claims
- 0789US8439111B2Hydrocarbon recovery processCOLLINS IAN RALPH·Filed 2011·Granted May 14, 2013·18 cites·19 claims
- 0888US7419938B2Process for treating an oil wellBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 2, 2008·12 cites·12 claims
- 0988US7417010B2Process for treating an oil wellBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 26, 2008·12 cites·15 claims
- 1088US7332459B2Method for scale inhibition in oil wellsBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 19, 2008·44 cites·16 claims
- 1186US9804062B2Apparatus and method for testing multiple samplesBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 31, 2017·5 cites·10 claims
- 1286US9575203B2Method for measuring rock wettabilityCHEN QUAN·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 21, 2017·9 cites·18 claims
- 1385US10815777B2Method to detect incremental oil production arising from a low salinity waterfloodBP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 27, 2020·7 cites·17 claims
- 1484US7726398B2Water flooding methodBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 1, 2010·26 cites·7 claims
- 1584US7008466B2Method for inhibiting hydrate formationBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 7, 2006·31 cites·27 claims
- 1681US9103201B2Method and system for configuring crude oil displacement systemCOLLINS IAN RALPH·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 11, 2015·7 cites·15 claims
- 1781US6225263B1Use of oil and gas field chemicalsBP CHEM INT LTD·Filed 1999·Granted May 1, 2001·52 cites·19 claims
- 1880US6764980B2Coated products and use thereof in oil fieldsBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 20, 2004·42 cites·16 claims
- 1978US9261435B2Apparatus and method for testing multiple samplesCOLLINS IAN RALPH·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 16, 2016·3 cites·31 claims
- 2076US10214683B2Systems and methods for producing hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon bearing rock via combined treatment of the rock and subsequent waterfloodingBP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 26, 2019·3 cites·39 claims
- 2176US7306035B2Process for treating a formationBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 11, 2007·18 cites·23 claims
- 2276US6148913AOil and gas field chemicalsBP CHEM INT LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 21, 2000·38 cites·34 claims
- 2373US5690174AOil and gas field chemicalsBP CHEM INT LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 25, 1997·38 cites·24 claims
- 2465US9982520B2Oil recovery methodBP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD·Filed 2014·Granted May 29, 2018·2 cites·40 claims
- 2565US7640981B2Scale inhibition methodBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 5, 2010·2 cites·26 claims
- 2665US6173780B1Process for increasing effectiveness of production chemicals by reducing number of squeezing and shut-in operations required to increase production rate from an oil wellBP CHEM INT LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 16, 2001·22 cites·43 claims
- 2762US10913891B2Systems and methods for producing hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon bearing rock via combined treatment of the rock and subsequent waterfloodingBP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 9, 2021·0 cites·30 claims
- 2861US10227858B2Method and system for configuring crude oil displacement systemBP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 12, 2019·1 cites·12 claims
- 2960US7074258B2Process for dehydrating gasBP EXPLORATION OPERATING·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 11, 2006·9 cites·28 claims
- 3053US8622129B2Method of injecting carbon dioxideCOLLINS IAN RALPH·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 7, 2014·5 cites·23 claims
- 3153US2023358694A1Methods and compositions for low salinity enhanced oil recoveryBP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 3253US2018163523A1Oil Recovery MethodBP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 3351US11162311B2Method of controlling salinity of an injection water during commissioning of an injection wellBP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 2, 2021·0 cites·34 claims
- 3451US2020190394A1Layered double hydroxide materials as additives for enhancing scale squeeze chemical treatment lifetimeBP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 3546US11648511B2Method of controlling salinity of a low salinity injection waterBP EXPLORATION OPERATING CO LTD·Filed 2018·Granted May 16, 2023·0 cites·36 claims
- 3638US2006166838A1Method of preparing microparticlesCOLLINS IAN R·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 3737US2003150779A1Process for removing metal ions from crude oilFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 3837US2002125175A1Process for reducing the acidity of oilFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
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