Mobil

About: Mobil is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Zeolite. The organization has 7085 authors who have published 10642 publications receiving 237497 citations. The organization is also known as: Socony-Vacuum Oil Company & Standard Oil Company of New York.

Dissolution of salt deposits by brine density flow

Abstract: The origin of collapse structures and breccias that vertically penetrate or occur within impermeable evaporites has never really been understood. The density of the brine that develops as salt deposits are dissolved can generate continuous gravitational brine movement. If the source of the dissolving water is artesian, or continuous, a flow cycle is developed in which the salt itself supplies the density gradient that becomes the vehicle of its own dissolution. The Delaware Basin in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico provides a particularly good example of how brine density flow can produce dissolution chambers that collapse to form breccias. The potential for dissolution by brine flow is an inherent property of partly exhumed evaporites and may constitute a risk factor in the storage of radioactive waste in evaporite deposits.

Coated, oriented, polymer film laminate

Abstract: A coated, oriented polymer film laminate is provided which comprises: (a) an oriented core layer having an upper face and a lower face, said core layer being fabricated from a polypropylene homopolymer; (b) an oriented, heat sealable layer applied to the lower face, and optionally, to the upper face, of core layer (a), said heat sealable layer being fabricated from a member of the group consisting of heat sealable copolymer or blend of copolymers, heat sealable blend of homopolymers and heat sealable blend of at least one copolymer and at least one homopolymer; (c) a coating layer applied to the upper face of core layer (a), or, where heat sealable layer (b) has been applied thereto, to the exposed surface of said layer (b), said coating layer being derived from an interpolymer which is obtained from the interpolymerization of from about 0 to 15 parts by weight of an alpha-beta monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and mixtures thereof with from about 85 to about 100 parts by weight of neutral monomer esters.

System for laterally positioning a towed marine cable and method of using same

Abstract: A marine cable positioning system which includes a plurality of magnetic compasses and a plurality of lateral positioning devices spaced at known intervals along the cable being towed by a marine vessel Readings from the compasses together with readings from a magnetic compass and gyrocompass onboard the towing vessel are gathered and used with a selected reference heading to generate X-Y coordinates of the lateral positioning devices with respect to the towing vessel and selected reference heading These coordinates are recorded and provided to a cathode ray tube for visual display of the relative position of each lateral positioning device with respect to the vessel and selected heading Coded digital commands are generated and transmitted to each lateral positioning device for adjustment of its control surfaces whereby the lateral thrust produced the device as it is towed through the water is varied and the horizontal position of the portion of the cable to either side of the device controlled Feedback of changes in the cable's location are provided by updated compass readings and visual displays Each lateral positioning device responds to a command for a specific adjustment of its control surfaces or for the return of the control surfaces to a neutral orientation where lateral thrust is not produced

Underwater production satellite

Abstract: This specification discloses a method for the production of subaqueous deposits of fluid minerals through a subsea satellite system. The wells are drilled in a circular pattern through a template on the marine bottom serving also as base upon which the satellite body is installed. The production and control passages of each of the wells are connected to production equipment within the satellite body by separate connector units, independently lowered into place from a surface vessel, to form portions of fluid paths between the passages within the subsea wellheads and the production equipment within the shell of the satellite. Such an installation permits production through the satellite, installed on the template base, after only one of the wells has been drilled and completed.

Beacon proximity detection system for a vehicle

Abstract: A proximity detection system for determining the distance between a vehicle and a navigation beacon by resolving the altitude angle between the beacon and the vehicle and determining the distance between them. The system then defines an optimum distance between the beacon and the vehicle and compares the determined distance and the optimum distance to establish any difference between them.