Patents by Inventor Charles A. Caughey

Charles A. Caughey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4199028
    Abstract: Geopressurized gas (methane) containing aquifers are produced into relatively low pressure reservoirs such as depleted or partially depleted oil and gas reservoirs. Primary production of the methane in the water is effected by exsolvation upon entering the low pressure reservoir and movement through the reservoir to production walls. Enhanced recovery of hydrocarbons remaining in depleted or partially depleted reservoirs results from one or more of (1) the sweeping action of the methane moving through the reservoir, (2) pressure maintenance and water drive associated with injection of the naturally pressured water, and (3) reservoir heating caused by the higher temperature of the injected geopressured water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Assignee: Conoco, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles A. Caughey