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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
William M Harrison, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166249 ;
Abstract
A method of recovering petroleum fluids from an underground reservoir comprising the steps of: injecting into the reservoir a substantially water insoluble gas; generating and directing soundwaves into the reservoir to release petroleum fluids retained therein; and producing the released petroleum fluids through a well communicating with the reservoir. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, after sufficient water insoluble gas is injected forcing water in the reservoir downwardly and forming a water/oil/gas interface, water and/or oil soluble gas may be injected into the reservoir.