Patents Assigned to JWBA, Inc.
  • Energy efficient, low emissions shale oil recovery process
    Patent number: 8529858
    Abstract: A process for the energy efficient, environmentally friendly recovery of liquid and gaseous products from solid or semi-solid hydrocarbon resources, in particular, oil shale or tar sands. The process involves non-oxidative pyrolysis to recover fluid energy values, oxidative combustion to recover energy values as recoverable heat, and environmental sequestration of gases produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: JWBA, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard C. Russell
  • ENERGY EFFICIENT, LOW EMISSIONS SHALE OIL RECOVERY PROCESS
    Publication number: 20130183216
    Abstract: A process for the energy efficient, environmentally friendly recovery of liquid and gaseous products from solid or semi-solid hydrocarbon resources, in particular, oil shale or tar sands. The process involves non-oxidative pyrolysis to recover fluid energy values, oxidative combustion to recover energy values as recoverable heat, and environmental sequestration of gases produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: JWBA, INC.
    Inventors: JWBA, INC., Richard C. Russell
  • Energy efficient, low emissions shale oil recovery process
    Patent number: 8336621
    Abstract: A process for the energy efficient, environmentally friendly recovery of liquid and gaseous products from solid or semi-solid hydrocarbon resources, in particular, oil shale or tar sands. The process involves non-oxidative pyrolysis to recover fluid energy values, oxidative combustion to recover energy values as recoverable heat, and environmental sequestration of gases produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: JWBA, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Bunger, Christopher P. Russell, Donald E. Cogswell