Patents Assigned to Petroleum Habitats, L.L.C
  • Patent number: 7845414
    Abstract: A method of producing natural gas from a heavy hydrocarbon-containing subterranean formation includes: placing a catalyst having at least one transition metal into the formation, injecting an anoxic stimulation gas into the formation, and collecting the natural gas generated in the formation. The method may be performed outside the context of a subterranean formation under controlled conditions. Thus, a method of producing natural gas from bitumen includes: providing an anoxic mixture of heavy hydrocarbons and a catalyst having at least one transition metal, adding an anoxic stimulation gas to the mixture, and heating the mixture in the presence of the stimulation gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Petroleum Habitats, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Frank D. Mango
  • Patent number: 7435597
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel assays for zero-valent transition metals. The novel assays of the present invention are generally methods or processes for quantitatively and/or qualitatively evaluating the presence of zero-valent transition metals on and/or within samples. Such assays generally involve a digestion process whereby the sample is exposed to carbon monoxide. Transition metals, if present in or on the sample and if contacted by the carbon monoxide, are extracted by the carbon monoxide as metal carbonyl species, the presence of which confirms the presence of transition metals. Such novel assays have enormous predictive power in oil and gas exploration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Petroleum Habitats, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Frank D. Mango
  • Patent number: 7153688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to assays for ascribing catalytic activity to rock samples by virtue of zero-valent transition metals potentially being present within the sample. Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to novel assays for measuring intrinsic paleocatalytic activities (k) of sedimentary rocks for converting oil to gas and projecting the activities to the subsurface based on the measured linear relationship between ln(k) and temperature (T).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Petroleum Habitats, L.L.C
    Inventor: Frank D. Mango
  • Publication number: 20060121615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to assays for ascribing catalytic activity to rock samples by virtue of zero-valent transition metals potentially being present within the sample. Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to novel assays for measuring intrinsic paleocatalytic activities (k) of sedimentary rocks for converting oil to gas and projecting the activities to the subsurface based on the measured linear relationship between ln(k) and temperature (T).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Petroleum Habitats, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Frank Mango
  • Publication number: 20050239206
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel assays for zero-valent transition metals. The novel assays of the present invention are generally methods or processes for quantitatively and/or qualitatively evaluating the presence of zero-valent transition metals on and/or within samples. Such assays generally involve a digestion process whereby the sample is exposed to carbon monoxide. Transition metals, if present in or on the sample and if contacted by the carbon monoxide, are extracted by the carbon monoxide as metal carbonyl species, the presence of which confirms the presence of transition metals. Such novel assays have enormous predictive power in oil and gas exploration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Petroleum Habitats, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Frank Mango