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Patent No.:

US 10018023 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2016

Method of microbially assisted water alternating gas injection as a means of enhanced oil recovery by supplementing the immiscible water injection cycle with nutrients to improve oil release in oil-containing rock formations

Applicant:

Titan Oil Recovery, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brian W. G. Marcotte, Rolling Hills, CA (US);

Alan James Sheehy, Minyama, AU;

Colin Kenneth Hill, San Dimas, CA (US);

Michael Thomas Carroll, Glendora, CA (US);

Assignee:

Titan Oil Recovery, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA (US);

Attorney:

Zarley Law Firm, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Catherine Loikith

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/16 (2006.01); C09K 8/582 (2006.01); E21B 43/20 (2006.01); E21B 43/25 (2006.01); C09K 8/594 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/166 (2013.01); C09K 8/582 (2013.01); C09K 8/594 (2013.01); E21B 43/164 (2013.01); E21B 43/20 (2013.01); E21B 43/255 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for enhancing oil and oil residue recovery from oil-containing rock formations by supplementing a water cycle of a water alternate gas process with nutrients such that the formation resident microorganisms are stimulated as an additional oil release mechanism is provided. The method alters three-phase relative permeability in order to increase displacement efficiency while increasing oil release by microbially assisted water alternate gas processing.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Marcotte, Brian W. G.. (2018). Method of microbially assisted water alternating gas injection as a means of enhanced oil recovery by supplementing the immiscible water injection cycle with nutrients to improve oil release in oil-containing rock formations (U.S. Patent No. 10018023). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10018023

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