Patents by Inventor Goren Heron

Goren Heron 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).

  • Gas injection to inhibit migration during an in situ heat treatment process
    Patent number: 7841401
    Abstract: Methods of treating a subsurface formation are described herein. Methods for treating a subsurface treatment area in a formation may include introducing a fluid into the formation from a plurality of wells offset from a treatment area of an in situ heat treatment process to inhibit outward migration of formation fluid from the in situ heat treatment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Myron Ira Kuhlman, Harold J. Vinegar, Ralph Sterman Baker, Goren Heron
  • Gas injection to inhibit migration during an in situ heat treatment process
    Publication number: 20080217003
    Abstract: Methods of treating a subsurface formation are described herein. Methods for treating a subsurface treatment area in a formation may include introducing a fluid into the formation from a plurality of wells offset from a treatment area of an in situ heat treatment process to inhibit outward migration of formation fluid from the in situ heat treatment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Myron Ira Kuhlman, Harold J. Vinegar, Ralph Sterman Baker, Goren Heron