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8292545 Small diameter splitter and method  
A pipe splitter is shown including a splitter body having a central opening configured to accept a pulling or pushing member. An expander has an entry profile smaller than an inner diameter of a...
8292541 Trench grate assembly with debris chute  
A frame for retaining a grate over a trench for directing storm water to subterranean basins includes a frame that is embedded in the concrete surrounding the trench. The frame includes a vertical...
8292543 Multi-planar gas recovery bioreactor  
A bioreactor including one or more features that improve bioreactor liquid infiltration and gas recovery including a porous material layer having a layer of first porous material including a...
8287625 Systems and methods for treating landfill gas using landfill leachate  
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for treating landfill gas using landfill leachate. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes receiving...
8287208 Wave attenuation systems  
Wave attenuation systems are disclosed. For example, a wave-attenuating panel can define a plane, a center-of buoyancy and a center-of-mass spaced from the center-of-buoyancy such that the panel is...
8287210 Sub-aqueous placement of water-based suspensions and method of manufacture and use  
A suspension having a specific gravity greater than 1.0 that contains one or more reactive materials, said suspension containing a biopolymer that decomposes over time, thereby releasing the...
8287728 Elevated swale for treatment of contaminated stormwater  
An elevated swale comprising a porous and water-permeable interior zone, a permeable and compressible exterior shell, and vertically oriented cylindrical inserts. The exterior shell surrounds the...
8287212 Cantilever system and method of use  
A cantilever system for a rig comprising a hull, a beam coupled to the hull, an extension member coupled to the beam, and a hold-down member spaced from a support member and coupled to the...
8287209 Protective flood barrier system  
Protective flood barrier system on the base of mobile protective flood barriers is offered. Each of these barriers comprises two or more filled elongate sleeves, a web, connecting theirs web and...
8287211 Methods of laying elongate articles at sea  
A method for pipelaying at sea from a vessel, wherein the length of each pipe string is less than the depth of the sea at the laying site, is described. The method includes attaching a string to a...
8286731 Method and apparatus for constructing deep vertical boreholes and underground cut-off walls  
A method and apparatus for constructing large vertical boreholes and underground cut-off walls is disclosed. A drill rig assembly with double rotary heads drives a small diameter drill string and a...
8282314 Hampering motion floating structure  
A floating structure includes a water pollution preventing membrane having a float part extending so as to define a water area, and a curtain part suspended at a lower end of the float part to...
8282315 Method of installing an underwater riser  
A method of installing an underwater riser includes anchoring an installation to the seabed; coupling a tubular pipe to the installation; equipping the installation with a submersible float;...
8282318 Roof bolt anchor with camming element  
A bolt anchor is comprised of a camming element and sleeve. The camming element is generally cylindrical, but with a larger midsection and reduced diameters at each end. The camming element...
8282331 Method of remediating a contaminated waste site  
A method and system for moving a large temporary building from a first location to a second location, while the building remains erect, are disclosed. The invention is particularly suited for...
8282433 Buoy-to-riser connector  
A support for a subsea riser decouples the function of the riser into two separate functions: the load transfer function which supports the hung weight of a subsea riser configuration to a...
8282836 Water intake structure  
Water intake structures for power plants and other industrial facilities may include an inflow channel, a deep well, an outflow channel, and an intake channel These structures may include a fish...
8282317 Subsea structure and methods of construction and installation thereof  
A method and apparatus for buoyancy distribution along a substantially vertical submarine structure (100), the structure being provided with multiple modules (110), slidably mounted to the...
8282264 Elongated vibrator made in several detachable elements assembled with each other through secured connections  
A vibrator includes a tubular element including one or more sections, the upper end of which is provided with an element for suspension from a hoisting and/or guiding machine and the lower end of...
8281861 Circulated heated transfer fluid heating of subsurface hydrocarbon formations  
A method of heating a subsurface formation includes introducing a molten salt into a first passageway of a conduit-in-conduit heater at a first location. The molten salt is passed through the...
8282316 Method and assembly for installing oilfield equipment at the water bottom  
Subsea oilfield equipment (2), such as an oil and/or gas production template, is installed at the water bottom (16) by means of a submerged installation vessel (1) from which hoisting lines (3A,...
8277147 Method for replacing pipes, and apparatus therefor  
This invention relates to a method for replacing pipes, and an apparatus therefor. The method utilizes a cable which is passed along an existing pipe. The cable is connected to a component at the...
8277146 Wave power plant  
An improved wave energy collecting apparatus comprising a frame (1) including at least one hinged (2) vertically tilting or rotating surface (3), such as a barrier in the form of a panel or a sail,...
8277145 Engineered, scalable underground storage system and method  
An engineered, scalable underground containment system and method for storing compressed gases or liquids in permeable rock formations using conventional drilling techniques. The porosity and...
8277149 Tensionable cable bolt with crimped shaft  
A tensionable cable bolt including a length of multi-strand cable and an anchoring portion comprised of a shaft received on the cable and attached to the cable at a crimp portion comprising at...
8277148 Re-tensionable cable bolt apparatus and related method  
A re-tensionable cable bolt and related methods are provided. In one aspect of the invention, the bolt includes a sleeve for connecting or securing to a cable. The sleeve includes a lower end...
8272812 Retaining wall system  
Retaining wall building blocks for receiving fill material during construction of a retaining wall, retaining walls constructed with the building blocks and methods of manufacture of the building...
8272808 Device and method for the plugging of services in conduits  
A plug for a tubular service entrance of a conduit, wherein the plug includes a core body having a central hollow channel extending from a first end to second end of the core body; at least one...
8272810 Pilings for foundation underpinning  
A pile segment for foundation underpinning. In some embodiments, the pile segment includes a head, a trunk extending from the head, and a throughbore passing axially through the head and the trunk....
8272406 Methods for rehabilitating conduits using structural liners  
The present invention relates generally to the field of structural pipe lining for conduit rehabilitation and more specifically, to methods for rehabilitating conduits using structural liners....
8272809 Active control releasable ballast system for use with dive equipment  
An active control releasable ballast system for dive equipment is disclosed which in one embodiment includes a removable pocket that is secured with a side release buckle within a fixed pocket. The...
8272807 Surface drainage system  
A surface drainage structure formed above a subgrade may include an elongate drain conduit disposed partially within the subgrade. The elongate drain conduit may define at least one drain slot...
8272811 Process for grouting a curtain with polymer  
A process for grouting a super-thin curtain with polymer, includes: forming a series of V-shaped injecting holes by direct pushing method using a special drilling tool along a dam or dike axis...
8267047 Method and device for generating waves in an aquarium  
In order to generate waves in a volume of water of an aquarium, it is proposed that a storage container which extends beyond the surface of the volume of water should be provided in the aquarium....
8270793 Power umbilical  
A power umbilical is shown that comprises a number of power cables (4) to transfer large amounts of electric power, optionally electric wires and/or optical conductors (5), filler material (2, 3)...
8266845 Device for producing above ground open or closed structures  
Flat panels formed by an assembly of wooden plates include arrangements for integrating rigidity inserts for the assembly thereof. Vertical edges of the panels receive profiles for connecting to...
8267124 Pipeline isolation  
A pipeline isolation plug for location in a section of pipe has two seal modules coupled together by a ball joint. The first module has a mandrel defining a pressure head which, in use, is exposed...
8267620 Rotatable boat lift with sliding pads  
A boat lift with a rotatable head attached to a bracket securable with respect to environmental structure such as a pier which to be capable of lifting a watercraft from the water and while...
8267481 Convective heat systems for recovery of hydrocarbons from encapsulated permeability control infrastructures  
A constructed permeability control infrastructure can include a permeability control impoundment, which defines a substantially encapsulated volume. The infrastructure can also include a comminuted...
8267201 Method and apparatus for disposal of cuttings  
A method and apparatus for disposing of drill cuttings 500 from an oil and/or gas well drilling platform 510, comprising providing a barge 10, the barge 10 having at least one storage area 30, a...
8267621 Floating boatlift  
A floating boatlift assembly includes a cradle assembly suspended between cable handling units arranged on respective spaced parallel float assemblies. An elongated boat is positioned between the...
8267032 Dual column semisubmersible for offshore application  
A dual column semisubmersible floating platform for use in offshore applications has a hull configuration including vertical support columns, pontoons connecting the lower ends of the vertical...
8267170 Offset barrier wells in subsurface formations  
A plurality of first barrier wells are formed in a formation for a first barrier. A substantially constant spacing separates adjacent first barrier wells. The formation is analyzed to determine the...
8262315 Hydroelectric generating station and method of constructing same  
The invention relates to hydroelectric generating plants which may be prefabricated and subsequently exchanged for preexisting radial water control gates. The hydroelectric generating plant...
8262314 Method for decreasing the intensity and frequency of tropical storms or hurricanes  
Modification of tropical storms or hurricanes by mixing the upper layer of a section of a body of water with water from a lower section of the body of water. Rapidly mixing the warmer upper layer...
8262950 Low sintering temperature glass waste forms for sequestering radioactive iodine  
Materials and methods of making low-sintering-temperature glass waste forms that sequester radioactive iodine in a strong and durable structure. First, the iodine is captured by an adsorbant, which...
8262320 Ballast-filled pipeline weight  
A flexible bag-type pipeline weight, configured to straddle a pipeline, has internal tie means to prevent excessive bulging of the weight after being filled with ballasting material, thus...
8262322 Pile with integral geothermal conduit loop retaining means  
A pile adapted to be driven into the ground and having retaining formations to retain one or more geothermal conduit loops. Each conduit loop is formed by opposed longitudinal conduit sections...
8262316 Surface gravity wave generator and wave pool  
A surface gravity wave generator and wave pool is disclosed. A wave pool is formed of opposing side walls and a center channel of water. The channel includes a bottom contour with a depth that runs...
8262318 Contaminant-reactive gabion cage or grid structure and method of manufacture and use  
Reactive gabion cage or grid structures, and their methods of manufacture, for controlling contaminants in soil, sediment or water that allow the passage of essentially non-contaminated water...