Patents Assigned to Oil Recovery Corporation
  • Downhole radial flow steam generator for oil wells
    Patent number: 5623576
    Abstract: A downhole radial flow steam generator for oil wells that includes an annular casing and a water passage extending therethrough with a porous medium between the casing and passage with electrode means within the generator to heat the water into steam or hot water wherein the fluid is directed radially through the medium and the annular casing into a preselected earth strata to heat oil therein and reduce its viscosity for pumping to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Meshekow Oil Recovery Corporation
    Inventor: Harry A. Deans
  • Apparatus for generating a shock wave in a well hole
    Patent number: 4169503
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for recovering oil from an oil bearing soil by means of an electrohydraulic shock wave generated in a liquid by capacitor electrical discharge means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1979
    Assignee: Oil Recovery Corporation
    Inventor: Harold W. Scott
  • Extraction method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4074758
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for recovering oil from an oil bearing soil by means of an electrohydraulic shock wave generated in a liquid by capacitor electrical discharge means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Assignee: Oil Recovery Corporation
    Inventor: Harold W. Scott