Patents by Inventor Matthew Lee HOLMAN

Matthew Lee HOLMAN 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).

  • Partial solution mining of hydrocarbon containing layers prior to in situ heat treatment
    Patent number: 9016370
    Abstract: A method for treating a hydrocarbon containing layer in a subsurface formation is described. The method may include removing at most about 20% by weight of the nahcolite from one or more intervals in the hydrocarbon containing layer that include at least about 40% by weight nahcolite. Heat may be provided from a plurality of heaters to the hydrocarbon containing layer such that at least some hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon containing layer are mobilized. At least some mobilized hydrocarbons may be produced through at least one production well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Gerald Jacob Daub, Charles Robert Keedy, Mariela Gertrudis Araujo Fresky, Thomas David Fowler, Matthew Lee Holman
  • PARTIAL SOLUTION MINING OF HYDROCARBON CONTAINING LAYERS PRIOR TO IN SITU HEAT TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20120255730
    Abstract: A method for treating a hydrocarbon containing layer in a subsurface formation is described. The method may include removing at most about 20% by weight of the nahcolite from one or more intervals in the hydrocarbon containing layer that include at least about 40% by weight nahcolite. Heat may be provided from a plurality of heaters to the hydrocarbon containing layer such that at least some hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon containing layer are mobilized. At least some mobilized hydrocarbons may be produced through at least one production well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Gerald Jacob DAUB, Charles Robert KEEDY, Mariela Gertrudis Araujo Fresky, Thomas David FOWLER, Matthew Lee HOLMAN