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PETRO-CANADA

59Patents
0Active
59Granted
37Portfolio score

Filing activity: Feb 25, 1985 → Jan 21, 2004

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6719054B2 Method for acid stimulating a subterranean well formation for improving hydrocarbon production Fixed Constructions 81 Expired
US6214213A Solvent process for bitumen seperation from oil sands froth Chemistry; Metallurgy 80 Expired
US4545892A Treatment of primary tailings and middlings from the hot water extraction process for recovering bitumen from tar sand Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US5876592A Solvent process for bitumen separation from oil sands froth Chemistry; Metallurgy 66 Expired
US4963247A Hydrocracking of heavy oil in presence of ultrafine iron sulphate Chemistry; Metallurgy 65 Expired
US5264118A Pipeline conditioning process for mined oil-sand Chemistry; Metallurgy 63 Expired
US4969988A Antifoam to achieve high conversion in hydroconversion of heavy oils Performing Operations; Transporting 56 Expired
US5755955A Hydrocracking of heavy hydrocarbon oils with conversion facilitated by control of polar aromatics Chemistry; Metallurgy 52 Expired
US5039227A Mixer circuit for oil sand Performing Operations; Transporting 51 Expired
US6119870A Cycloseparator for removal of coarse solids from conditioned oil sand slurries Performing Operations; Transporting 44 Expired
US6007708A Cold dense slurrying process for extracting bitumen from oil sand Performing Operations; Transporting 40 Expired
US4788852A Metering choke Physics 40 Expired
US4783268A Microbubble flotation process for the separation of bitumen from an oil sands slurry Chemistry; Metallurgy 37 Expired
US5972202A Hydrotreating of heavy hydrocarbon oils with control of particle size of particulate additives Chemistry; Metallurgy 36 Expired
US6004453A Hydrocracking of heavy hydrocarbon oils with conversion facilitated by recycle of both heavy gas oil and pitch Chemistry; Metallurgy 32 Expired
US6003789A Nozzle for atomizing liquid in two phase flow Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Expired
US6515031B2 Technique for emulsifying highly saturated hydroisomerized fluids Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US6746599B2 Staged settling process for removing water and solids from oils and extraction froth Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Expired
US5954277A Agitated slurry pump box for oil sand hydrotransport Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 28 Expired
US4863009A Control system for an endless belt conveyor train Physics 27 Expired
US5772127A Slurrying oil sand for hydrotransport in a pipeline Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US5118408A Reducing the water and solids contents of bitumen froth moving through the launder of a spontaneous flotation vessel Chemistry; Metallurgy 24 Expired
US6410488B1 Drilling fluid Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6076753A Agitated slurry pump box for oil sand hydrotransport Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 20 Expired
US4652385A Lubricating oil compositions containing novel combination of stabilizers Chemistry; Metallurgy 18 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.