Patents by Inventor Quinn Passey

Quinn Passey 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 Treating Suberranean Formation To Convert Organic Matter Into Producible Hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20100078169
    Abstract: Methods are provided that include the steps of providing wells in a formation, establishing one or more fractures in the formation, such that each fracture intersects at least one of the wells, placing electrically conductive material in the fracture, and applying an electric voltage across the fracture and through the material such that sufficient heat is generated by electrical resistivity within the material to heat and/or pyrolyze organic matter in the formation to form producible hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: William A. Symington, Abdel Wadood M. El-Rabaa, Robert D. Kaminsky, William P. Meurer, Quinn Passey, Michele M. Thomas
  • Methods of treating a subterranean formation to convert organic matter into producible hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 7631691
    Abstract: Methods are provided that include the steps of providing wells in a formation, establishing one or more fractures in the formation, such that each fracture intersects at least one of the wells, placing electrically conductive material in the fracture, and applying an electric voltage across the fracture and through the material such that sufficient heat is generated by electrical resistivity within the material to heat and/or pyrolyze organic matter in the formation to form producible hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: William A. Symington, Abdel Wadood M El-Rabaa, Robert D. Kaminsky, William P. Meurer, Quinn Passey, Michele M. Thomas
  • Methods of treating a subterranean formation to convert organic matter into producible hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20080173443
    Abstract: Methods are provided that include the steps of providing wells in a formation, establishing one or more fractures in the formation, such that each fracture intersects at least one of the wells, placing electrically conductive material in the fracture, and applying an electric voltage across the fracture and through the material such that sufficient heat is generated by electrical resistivity within the material to heat and/or pyrolyze organic matter in the formation to form producible hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: William A. Symington, Abbel Wadood M. El-Rabaa, Robert D. Kaminsky, William P. Meurer, Quinn Passey, Michele M. Thomas
  • Methods of treating a subterranean formation to convert organic matter into producible hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20070000662
    Abstract: Methods are provided that include the steps of providing wells in a formation, establishing one or more fractures (12) in the formation, such that each fracture intersects at least one of the wells (16, 18), placing electrically conductive material in the fractures, and generating electric current through the fractures and through the material such that sufficient heat (10) is generated by electrical resistivity within the material to pyrolyze organic matter in the formation into producible hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: William Symington, Michele Thomas, Quinn Passey, Abdel Wadood El-Rabaa, Jeff Moss, Robert Kaminsky