Patents Assigned to GTherm Energy, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10711583
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are shown for burning crude oil or natural gas extracted from an underground reservoir, or for burning both crude oil and natural gas extracted from an underground reservoir, for providing thermal energy. The method and apparatus are also shown transferring the thermal energy to brine separated from the extracted oil, gas or both, for providing heated brine, or for converting the thermal energy to mechanical work, or for both transferring the thermal energy to the separated brine and converting the thermal energy to mechanical work. The method and apparatus are also shown heating the underground reservoir with the heated brine injected into the underground reservoir, or heating the underground reservoir with a resistive cable energized by electricity generated by converting the mechanical work to electric energy, or heating the underground reservoir with both the heated brine and the energized resistive cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: GTHERM ENERGY, INC.
    Inventor: Michael J. Parrella
  • Patent number: 10443364
    Abstract: A comprehensive enhanced oil recovery system that combines a plurality of different implementations of several enhanced oil recovery methods in an integrated system. The enhanced oil recovery system includes heating an underground reservoir having a heat transfer matrix to increase the temperature of the reservoir around a production well. The heat transfer matrix includes thermal injection wells, production wells and heat delivery wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: GTHERM ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Parrella, Martin A. Shimko
  • Patent number: 10385667
    Abstract: A comprehensive enhanced oil recovery system that combines a plurality of different implementations of several enhanced oil recovery methods in an integrated system. The enhanced oil recovery system includes heating an underground reservoir having a heat transfer matrix to increase the temperature of the reservoir around a production well. The heat transfer matrix includes thermal injection wells, production wells and heat delivery wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: GTHERM ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Parrella, Martin A. Shimko
  • Patent number: 10267128
    Abstract: A method and system are shown that conditions an underground reservoir to cause oil and gas to increase flow, excites the conditioned underground reservoir with pressure waves to further increase flow, and recovers the oil and gas with the increased flow. The excitation may be done via one or more production wells in synchronism with excitation done via one or more conditioning wells so as to cause constructive interference of the pressure waves and further increase flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: GTherm Energy, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Parrella
  • Patent number: 10221665
    Abstract: A method and system are shown that conditions an underground reservoir to cause oil and gas to increase flow, excites the conditioned underground reservoir with pressure waves to further increase flow, and recovers the oil and gas with the increased flow. The excitation may be done via one or more production wells in synchronism with excitation done via one or more conditioning wells so as to cause constructive interference of the pressure waves and further increase flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: GTherm Energy, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Parrella
  • Publication number: 20170241247
    Abstract: A method and system are shown that conditions an underground reservoir to cause oil and gas to increase flow, excites the conditioned underground reservoir with pressure waves to further increase flow, and recovers the oil and gas with the increased flow. The excitation may be done via one or more production wells in synchronism with excitation done via one or more conditioning wells so as to cause constructive interference of the pressure waves and further increase flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: GTherm Energy, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. PARRELLA