Mineral oils: processes and products – Chemical conversion of hydrocarbons
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
Moran, Marjorie (Department: 1631)
Mineral oils: processes and products
Chemical conversion of hydrocarbons
C435S006120
Reexamination Certificate
active
07922893
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for enhancing the recovery of heavy oil in an oil extraction environment by feeding nutrients to a preferred microbial species (bacteria and/or fungi). A method is described that includes the steps of: sampling and identifying microbial species that reside in the oil extraction environment; collecting fluid property data from the oil extraction environment; collecting nutrient data from the oil extraction environment; identifying a preferred microbial species from the oil extraction environment that can transform the heavy oil into a lighter oil; identifying a nutrient from the oil extraction environment that promotes a proliferation of the preferred microbial species; and introducing the nutrient into the oil extraction environment.
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Busche Frederick D.
Bush James G.
Noyes Harold J.
Rollins John B.
Bauer Andrea
Hoffman Warnick LLC
International Business Machines - Corporation
Moran Marjorie
Negin Russell S
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