Patents by Inventor Barbara Caterina LAMANTIA

Barbara Caterina LAMANTIA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fluid injection in light tight oil reservoirs
    Patent number: 9127544
    Abstract: A method of producing hydrocarbons from a tight formation includes injecting a fluid, such as a miscible gas, and retrieving the hydrocarbons. The fluid may be injected into an injection fracture via and retrieved from a recovery fracture. The injection fracture and recovery fractures may be in the same wellbore, the injection fracture may be in a first wellbore and the recovery fracture in a second wellbore, or the injection fracture and recovery fracture may be in a first wellbore and additional injection or recovery fractures may be in a second wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert James Dombrowski, Ernesto Rafael Fonseca, John Michael Karanikas, Mauricio Jose Farinas Moya, Barbara Caterina Lamantia
  • FLUID INJECTION IN LIGHT TIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS
    Publication number: 20130228337
    Abstract: A method of producing hydrocarbons from a tight formation includes injecting a fluid, such as a miscible gas, and retrieving the hydrocarbons. The fluid may be injected into an injection fracture via and retrieved from a recovery fracture. The injection fracture and recovery fractures may be in the same wellbore, the injection fracture may be in a first wellbore and the recovery fracture in a second wellbore, or the injection fracture and recovery fracture may be in a first wellbore and additional injection or recovery fractures may be in a second wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert James DOMBROWSKI, Ernesto Rafael FONSECA, John Michael KARANIKAS, Mauricio Jose Farinas MOYA, Barbara Caterina LAMANTIA