ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,714, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Viro Petroleum & Energy LLC (Conroe, Texas).
"Hydrogen sulfide mitigation methods and systems" was invented by Robert D. Allison III (Conroe, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The methods and embodiments described herein involve installation of a gas sparging manifold into crude oil storage tanks, which facilitates removal of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from bulk crude oil. Hydrogen sulfide stripped from the crude oil is scavenged via a forced-draft scavenging gas into a scavenging duct, and passes through an in-line filter. An alternative embodiment can be adapted for mobile use in a tank traile...