Patents by Inventor Michael J. Goss

Michael J. Goss 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 for evaluation of the response of different cores to a recovery process and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 4233840
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for subjecting discrete core specimens which have been removed from a subterranean strata or formation, and which contain an amount of bitumen, to a test procedure whereby to evaluate the response of different subterranean formations to a specified recovery process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Texaco Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Goss, David A. Redford
  • Method of in-situ recovery of viscous oils or bitumen utilizing a thermal recovery fluid and carbon dioxide
    Patent number: 4217956
    Abstract: A method for the in-situ recovery of viscous oils or bitumen from subterranean oil-bearing formations by the injection of steam or a mixture of steam and an oxygen-containing gas under operating conditions that utilize pressurization and drawdown cycles wherein carbon dioxide is injected at the start of the pressurization cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: Texaco Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Goss, Douglas I. Exall