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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:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2007
Stephen Richard Larter, Calgary, CA;
Ian Donald Gates, Calgary, CA;
Jennifer Jane Adams, Calgary, CA;
Chunqing Jiang, Calgary, CA;
Lloyd Ross Snowdon, Calgary, CA;
Barry Bennett, Calgary, CA;
Haiping Huang, Calgary, CA;
Stephen Richard Larter, Calgary, CA;
Ian Donald Gates, Calgary, CA;
Jennifer Jane Adams, Calgary, CA;
Chunqing Jiang, Calgary, CA;
Lloyd Ross Snowdon, Calgary, CA;
Barry Bennett, Calgary, CA;
Haiping Huang, Calgary, CA;
Gushor Inc., Calgary, Alberta, unknown;
Abstract
Techniques for preconditioning an oilfield reservoir including heavy oil and/or bitumen prior to production of a petroleum product are described. A preconditioning agent can be injected into a mobile water film included in the oilfield reservoir. The preconditioning agent preconditions the reservoir prior to production of the petroleum product.