Patents by Inventor Henry Eduardo Pino, SR.

Henry Eduardo Pino, SR. 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).

  • Heater assisted fluid treatment of a subsurface formation
    Patent number: 8851170
    Abstract: A method for treating a tar sands formation includes providing heat from a first heater located between a steam injection well and a production well in a hydrocarbon containing layer. The first heater, the steam injection well, and the production well are located substantially horizontally in the layer. Heat is provided from a second heater horizontally offset from the first heater. The second heater is located vertically above an injection/production well and substantially horizontally in the layer. Steam is injected into the layer through the steam injection well after a selected amount of heat is provided from the first heater. Hydrocarbons are produced from the layer through the production well. Steam is injected and hydrocarbons are produced alternately through the injection/production well after a selected amount of heat is provided from the second heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Oluropo Rufus Ayodele, Tulio Rafael Colmenares, Deniz Sumnu Dindoruk, John Michael Karanikas, Henry Eduardo Pino, Sr.
  • HEATER ASSISTED FLUID TREATMENT OF A SUBSURFACE FORMATION
    Publication number: 20100258309
    Abstract: A method for treating a tar sands formation includes providing heat from a first heater located between a steam injection well and a production well in a hydrocarbon containing layer. The first heater, the steam injection well, and the production well are located substantially horizontally in the layer. Heat is provided from a second heater horizontally offset from the first heater. The second heater is located vertically above an injection/production well and substantially horizontally in the layer. Steam is injected into the layer through the steam injection well after a selected amount of heat is provided from the first heater. Hydrocarbons are produced from the layer through the production well. Steam is injected and hydrocarbons are produced alternately through the injection/production well after a selected amount of heat is provided from the second heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Oluropo Rufus Ayodele, Tulio Rafael Colmenares, Deniz Sumnu Dindoruk, John Michael Karanikas, Henry Eduardo Pino, SR.