Patents by Inventor Mark Anthony Eichhorn

Mark Anthony Eichhorn 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).

  • Methods of managing solvent inventory in a gravity drainage extraction chamber
    Patent number: 11021942
    Abstract: A method of managing a liquid solvent inventory in a condensing solvent gravity drainage extraction chamber includes growing the extraction chamber by injecting a solvent vapour under conditions which cause at least a portion of the solvent vapour to condense on a hydrocarbon extraction interface at a condensation temperature, then accumulating within the extraction chamber condensed liquid solvent which is draining through the chamber under the influence of gravity, which liquid solvent includes a hydrocarbon rich fluid production layer which is proximal to said extraction interface, and then heating a portion of the extraction chamber from a location near, in and/or above the injector to create a heated zone having a temperature above the condensation temperature without heating the hydrocarbon rich production layer to permit the hydrocarbon rich production layer to continue to drain to a production well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Hatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Eichhorn, Paul Krawchuk, Gharandip Singh Bawa, Adam Douglas Blackmore, Cassandra Amanda Lee
  • Methods of Managing Solvent Inventory in a Gravity Drainage Extraction Chamber
    Publication number: 20200378228
    Abstract: A method of managing a liquid solvent inventory in a condensing solvent gravity drainage extraction chamber includes growing the extraction chamber by injecting a solvent vapour under conditions which cause at least a portion of the solvent vapour to condense on a hydrocarbon extraction interface at a condensation temperature, then accumulating within the extraction chamber condensed liquid solvent which is draining through the chamber under the influence of gravity, which liquid solvent includes a hydrocarbon rich fluid production layer which is proximal to said extraction interface, and then heating a portion of the extraction chamber from a location near, in and/or above the injector to create a heated zone having a temperature above the condensation temperature without heating the hydrocarbon rich production layer to permit the hydrocarbon rich production layer to continue to drain to a production well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Hatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Eichhorn, Paul Krawchuk, Gharandip Singh Bawa, Adam Douglas Black-More, Cassandra Amanda Lee