Patents Assigned to THIMM PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  • Gas-assisted process for in-situ bitumen recovery from carbonate reservoirs
    Patent number: 8424602
    Abstract: A method for producing bitumen or heavy oil from a subterranean reservoir comprising a carbonate mineral solid matrix comprising injection or co-injection of a gas other than carbon dioxide, injection or co-injection of a carbon containing gas containing a relatively low amount of carbon dioxide, injection of steam providing bicarbonate/alkalinity, or increasing the subterranean reservoir pressure, such that the dissolution and re-precipitation of carbonates is suppressed thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Thimm Petroleum Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Harald F. Thimm
  • GAS-ASSISTED PROCESS FOR IN-SITU BITUMEN RECOVERY FROM CARBONATE RESERVOIRS
    Publication number: 20100200249
    Abstract: A method for producing bitumen or heavy oil from a subterranean reservoir comprising a carbonate mineral solid matrix comprising injection or co-injection of a gas other than carbon dioxide, injection or co-injection of a carbon containing gas containing a relatively low amount of carbon dioxide, injection of steam providing bicarbonate/alkalinity, or increasing the subterranean reservoir pressure, such that the dissolution and re-precipitation of carbonates is suppressed thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: THIMM PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Harald F. THIMM