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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Albert W. Alsop, Wilmington, DE (US);
Robert D. Fallon, Elkton, MD (US);
Scott Christopher Jackson, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Albert W. Alsop, Wilmington, DE (US);
Robert D. Fallon, Elkton, MD (US);
Scott Christopher Jackson, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method to improve the effectiveness of MEOR or bioremediation processes. In this method toxic chemicals accumulated in subterranean sites adjacent to the water injection wells are either dispersed or removed prior to introduction of microbial inocula for enhanced microbial oil recovery or bioremediation of these sites.