Patents Assigned to Geoscience Service
  • Microwave process for intrinsic permeability enhancement and hydrocarbon extraction from subsurface deposits
    Patent number: 7828057
    Abstract: Hydrocarbons are extracted from a target formation, such as oil shale, tar sands, heavy oil and petroleum reservoirs, by apparatus and methods which cause fracturing of the containment rock and liquification or volatization of the hydrocarbons by microwave energy directed by a radiating antenna in the target formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Geoscience Service
    Inventors: Peter M. Kearl, Donald L. Ensley