Patents by Inventor Harold D. Ladouceur

Harold D. Ladouceur 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).

  • System and method for dry fracture shale energy extraction
    Patent number: 9970276
    Abstract: A system and method are provided that use RF energy to enhance the extraction of oil and gas from hydrocarbon bearing strata. A three-dimensional underground electromagnetic array is used to guide RF energy to where that energy is converted to heat in the hydrocarbon bearing strata. The three dimensional underground electromagnetic array is a guided wave structure, as opposed to an antenna structure, to minimize the unwanted effects of the near fields associated with antennas. In one embodiment, the legs of the three-dimensional underground electromagnetic array are composed of production well pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Highland Light Management Corp
    Inventors: Preston W Grounds, III, Alan C Kepple, Harold D Ladouceur
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRY FRACTURE SHALE ENERGY EXTRACTION
    Publication number: 20160047213
    Abstract: A system and method are provided that use RF energy to enhance the extraction of oil and gas from hydrocarbon bearing strata. A three-dimensional underground electromagnetic array is used to guide RF energy to where that energy is converted to heat in the hydrocarbon bearing strata. The three dimensional underground electromagnetic array is a guided wave structure, as opposed to an antenna structure, to minimize the unwanted effects of the near fields associated with antennas. In one embodiment, the legs of the three-dimensional underground electromagnetic array are composed of production well pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Preston W. Grounds, III, Alan C. Kepple, Harold D. Ladouceur