Patents by Inventor Harold A. Palmer

Harold A. Palmer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for combating encroachment by in situ treated formations
    Patent number: 4576231
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is applicable to in situ heating of oil shale or tar sand. The heating is by radio frequency that is applied down hole by a central conductor that extends beyond a coaxial shielding conductor to form the antenna or applicator. Encroachment by the heated formation is overcome by applying motion to the central conductor to remove encroaching formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Dowling, Harold A. Palmer
  • Secondary oil recovery process using oxyalkylated additives
    Patent number: 4043922
    Abstract: A process for the recovery of hydrocarbon materials from a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation by contacting the formation with an aqueous alkaline flooding medium containing a solubilizing agent. Useful solubilizing agents include for example, block-type compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of from 1 to about 10 and m is an integer of about 5 to about 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Harold A. Palmer, Thomas E. Sample, Jr.