Patents by Inventor Mike Langley

Mike Langley 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 use of microbes and other gas stimulants in radial enhancement drilling fluid
    Patent number: 9109400
    Abstract: Microbes, nutrients or other gas stimulants are employed in the drilling fluid that is used to cut radial jet laterals or laterals of any shape or size into subsurface coal formations and other hydrocarbon formations. By employing solutions used for microbial methane farming and the like directly in radial jet enhancement drilling, microbes, nutrients or other stimulants are injected deeper into subsurface coal formations and over a much larger surface area, greatly enhancing the ability to “farm gas” from mature or depleted wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Inventor: Mike Langley
  • Method and apparatus for use of microbes and other gas stimulants in radial enhancement drilling fluid
    Publication number: 20140097025
    Abstract: Microbes, nutrients or other gas stimulants are employed in the drilling fluid that is used to cut radial jet laterals or laterals of any shape or size into subsurface coal formations and other hydrocarbon formations. By employing solutions used for microbial methane farming and the like directly in radial jet enhancement drilling, microbes, nutrients or other stimulants are injected deeper into subsurface coal formations and over a much larger surface area, greatly enhancing the ability to “farm gas” from mature or depleted wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventor: Mike Langley