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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Locus Oil Ip Company, Llc, Solon, OH (US);
Sean Farmer, North Miami Beach, FL (US);
Ken Alibek, Solon, OH (US);
Sharmistha Mazumder, Copley, OH (US);
Kent Adams, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Tyler Dixon, Kent, OH (US);
Yajie Chen, Solon, OH (US);
Maja Milovanovic, North Royalton, OH (US);
LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC, Solon, OH (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to compositions and methods of microbial enhanced oil recovery using biochemical-producing microbes. In specific embodiments, the methods of the subject invention comprise applying a bio surfactant-producing bacteria and/or a growth by-product thereof to an oil-producing site. In preferred embodiments, the bacteria is a strain ofin spore form. In some embodiments, the methods further comprise applying the bacteria with a yeast fermentation product, an alkaline compound, a polymer, a non-biological surfactant, and/or one or more chelating agents. Advantageously, the subject invention can be useful for stimulating the flow of oil from a well, as well as dissolving scale present in an oil-bearing formation.