Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Gerbino

Kenneth J. Gerbino 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).

  • Enhancing the effects of a low-pressure zone surrounding a well bore via radial drilling by increasing the contact zone for resident microbial enhanced oil recovery
    Patent number: 10487634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method of increasing low pressure zones for microbial enhanced oil recovery through radially drilled narrow, high surface area bore holes around a well bore. A drill string is inserted into the well bore and is thereafter directed horizontally and perpendicularly from the well bore by a tool at the end of the radial drill to create the narrow, high surface area bore holes. These bore holes extend through surface materials including pipes, casings, cement, rock material and the like. The drill is then rotated a distance about the well bore. The process may then be repeated to create bore sets positioned below or above one another relative to a pay zone. The process lowers the pressure gradient along a skin around the well bore and a larger surface area extending away from the well bore to create a larger oil drainage and microbial interaction area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Titan Oil Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Gerbino, Colin Kenneth Hill
  • ENHANCING THE EFFECTS OF A LOW-PRESSURE ZONE SURROUNDING A WELL BORE VIA RADIAL DRILLING BY INCREASING THE CONTACT ZONE FOR RESIDENT MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20190100983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method of increasing low pressure zones for microbial enhanced oil recovery through radially drilled narrow, high surface area bore holes around a well bore. A drill string is inserted into the well bore and is thereafter directed horizontally and perpendicularly from the well bore by a tool at the end of the radial drill to create the narrow, high surface area bore holes. These bore holes extend through surface materials including pipes, casings, cement, rock material and the like. The drill is then rotated a distance about the well bore. The process may then be repeated to create bore sets positioned below or above one another relative to a pay zone. The process lowers the pressure gradient along a skin around the well bore and a larger surface area extending away from the well bore to create a larger oil drainage and microbial interaction area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Gerbino, Colin Kenneth Hill