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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Rick Alan Mcgee, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Fraim, Corrales, NM (US);
Rick Alan McGee, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Fraim, Corrales, NM (US);
Other;
Abstract
A sonic oil recovery apparatus for use in a well has an injector tubing extending interior of the casing of the well, and a resonator tube affixed to or within the injector tubing. The resonator tube has an interior flow pathway so as to allow a fluid to flow therethrough from the injector tubing. The resonator tube is suitable for transmitting an acoustic signal approximately equal to the resonate frequency of a formation in the well. The resonator tube can have a plurality of orifices plates formed therein such that the fluid flowing through the resonator tube generates the acoustic signal. The resonator tube can alternatively be a solid state acoustic resonator therein.