US Patent Issued to Pilot Intellectual Property on Nov. 18 for "Carbon dioxide recycle stream processing with ethylene glycol dehydrating in an enhanced oil recovery process" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,115, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pilot Intellectual Property LLC (Houston).

"Carbon dioxide recycle stream processing with ethylene glycol dehydrating in an enhanced oil recovery process" was invented by Eric Prim (Spring, Texas) and Mark Mathias (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of process equipment for use in an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process comprises first piping, a dehydrator, second piping, and a natural gas liquids recovery column. The first piping is configured to receive a wet carbon dioxide recycle stream from a recovery well. The dehydrator is configured to receive the wet carbon dioxid...