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6092600 Dual injection and lifting system using a rod driven progressive cavity pump and an electrical submersible pump and associate a method  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for selectively lifting produced fluids, including produced hydrocarbons and a portion of produced water, to a ground surface while...
6048462 Waste component removal from crude oil or gas  
A method is provided of reducing an amount of a waste component present in a hydrocarbon fluid produced from an earth formation via a wellbore formed in the earth formation, the hydrocarbon fluid...
6032737 Method and system for increasing oil production from an oil well producing a mixture of oil and gas  
A method and system for increasing oil production from an oil well producing a mixture of oil and gas at an elevated pressure through a wellbore penetrating an oil-bearing formation containing an...
5778977 Gravity concentrated carbon dioxide for process  
This invention relates to the recovery of oil from an oil-bearing formation having a natural fracture network with substantial vertical communication and wherein gravity drainage is the primary...
5769165 Method for increasing methane recovery from a subterranean coal formation by injection of tail gas from a hydrocarbon synthesis process  
A method for increasing the production of methane from a subterranean coal formation penetrated by an injection well and a production well by producing methane from the coal formation via the...
5676207 Soil vapor extraction system  
A soil remediation system (10) for removing contaminants (11) from a contaminated area (12) located in the vadose zone (13) of the earth and comprising multiplicity of stratigraphic zones,...
5641245 Apparatus for passive removal of subsurface contaminants  
An apparatus is provided which passively removes contaminated gases from a subsurface. The apparatus includes a riser pipe extending into a subsurface which has an exterior end in fluid...
5607016 Process and apparatus for the recovery of hydrocarbons from a reservoir of hydrocarbons  
A method for the recovery of hydrocarbons from a reservoir of hydrocarbons including injecting a hydrocarbon solvent into the reservoir along with a displacement gas to mobilize hydrocarbons in the...
5593248 Nontoxic chemical process for in situ permeability enhancement and accelerated decontamination of fine-grain subsurface sediments  
The remediation of heterogeneous subsurfaces is extremely time consuming and expensive with current and developing technologies. Although such technologies can adequately remove contaminants in the...
5584605 Enhanced in situ hydrocarbon removal from soil and groundwater  
The invention encompasses a process and equipment for an aggressive approach to remediation of specific hydrocarbon contaminated soil and groundwater using horizontal sparging pipes in or below the...
5520249 Process for the pretreatment of a natural gas containing hydrogen sulphide  
A process is described for the pretreatment of a pressurized natural gas which is saturated with water and contains hydrocarbons and hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) from a producing well. At least a...
5450901 Apparatus and process for producing and reinjecting gas  
An apparatus and process for separating and producing gas and liquid from a subterranean production zone via a well in fluid communication with the zone. After separation in the well, the gas is...
5439054 Method for treating a mixture of gaseous fluids within a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation  
A method for treating a mixture of gaseous fluids within a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the invention provides for the disposal of a strongly adsorbing gaseous...
5439594 Method for subsurface vapor extraction  
Methods for vacuum extraction of contaminants from subsurface media which involves vacuum withdrawal through a conduit, of vaporized contaminant, assisted by a tube for allowing air bubbles to flow...
5407009 Process and apparatus for the recovery of hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon deposit  
A method for the recovery of hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon deposit overlying an aquifer, including injecting a hydrocarbon solvent in the vapour phase into the aquifer to mobilize hydrocarbons in...
5402847 Coal bed methane recovery  
A process for producing methane from a subterranean coal bed by continuously injecting a carbon dioxide-containing gas into the coal bed and recovering displaced and desorbed methane from a...
5402848 Method and apparatus for conducting environmental procedures  
A sparging well borehole has a single pipe extending downwardly in it. The lower end of the pipe terminates in the saturated zone and has orifices for discharging pressurized gas, usually air,...
5401425 Recovering enhanced oil recovery surfactants by temperature cycling  
A method for recovering surfactants from produced fluids by mixing with produced fluids about 0.1% to about 5% of a nonionic surfactant having a phase inversion temperature above the temperature of...
5390740 Method and apparatus to recycle production well casing vapor  
In a steam flood enhanced oil recovery operation, vapor and liquid in the casing annulus of the production wells is forwarded through a liquid separator with the thus separated vapor being...
5388643 Coalbed methane recovery using pressure swing adsorption separation  
A method is disclosed for using a pressure swing adsorption separator system to provide an oxygen-depleted gaseous effluent for injecting into a suitable solid carbonaceous subterranean formation,...
5388642 Coalbed methane recovery using membrane separation of oxygen from air  
A method of recovering methane from a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation having a production well in fluid communication with the formation and an injection well in fluid communication with...
5336315 Soil stabilization process  
This invention is concerned with a soil stabilization process in which soil particles comprising the soil surfaces to be stabilized are contacted or treated with an aqueous solution of an alkali...
5261490 Method for dumping and disposing of carbon dioxide gas and apparatus therefor  
A method for dumping carbon dioxide gas into the ground of the sea bottom comprises injecting carbon dioxide gas into the ground of the sea bottom to fix the carbon dioxide gas in the ground of the...
5255740 Secondary recovery process  
In accordance with illustrative embodiments of the present invention, a process for the secondary recovery of oil found in a dolomite formation includes generating in-situ decomposition of the...
5133406 Generating oxygen-depleted air useful for increasing methane production  
A method for generating oxygen-depleted air for injection into a subterranean coal seam for increasing production of methane. Air and produced fluids comprising methane are input into a fuel cell...
5117907 Recovering hydrocarbons with a mixture of carbon dioxide and trichloroethane  
The invention is a method of recovering petroleum hydrocarbons from an underground formation penetrated by at least one injection well and at least one production well, which comprises injecting...
5099921 Recovery of methane from solid carbonaceous subterranean formations  
A method of recovering methane from a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation by injecting a fluid that desorbs methane through at least one injection well into a subterranean formation and...
5097903 Method for recovering intractable petroleum from subterranean formations  
Many petroleum discoveries which have heretofore been regarded as intractable owing to the immobility of the petroleum can be economically recovered by a process involving local visbreaking of the...
5085275 Process for conserving steam quality in deep steam injection wells  
The degradation of steam quality due to heat losses prior to its injection into a heavy oil reservoir is reduced by a process utilizing the heat contained in a stream of reservoir fluids produced...
5019279 Process for enriching a gas  
A process for enriching a drive gas with intermediate hydrocarbon compounds to enhance the ability of the gas to mobilize hydrocarbons within a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The drive...
5014785 Methane production from carbonaceous subterranean formations  
A method of producing methane by injecting inert gas, such as nitrogen, through an injection well into a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation (e.g., coal) and recovering methane from a...
4992174 Fixed bed bioreactor remediation system  
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the continuous bioremediation of sites contaminated with a hazardous substance. The apparatus includes a subsurface pumping system, for removing the...
4969520 Steam injection process for recovering heavy oil  
A steam flood recovery process for recovering heavy oil from a producing formation wherein the production stream is processed to separate the produced water from the heavy oil and then the hardness...
4948494 Removal of hydrogen sulfide from produced fluids  
Hydrogen sulfide is removed from a water-in-oil emulsion by treatment of the emulsion with sulfur dioxide to convert the hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur. The elemental sulfur formed is...
4945988 Apparatus and process for removing volatile contaminants from below ground level  
A process for removing and disposing of or neutralizing volatile contaminants existing in the vadose zone of earth and also in a below ground aquifer. The process includes the injection of...
4930574 Method for tertiary oil recovery from deep-well drill holes with utilization of the escaping petroleum gas  
The process is of special interest to refinieries in the neighborhood of existing oilfields. The crude oil additionally released in the known manner by the introduction of hot water or steam...
4890673 Method of removing volatile contaminants from contaminated earth strata  
A method and apparatus of collecting volatile contaminants from a contaminated layer of earth. The apparatus is a closed-loop device which includes one or more contaminant withdrawal wells...
4883122 Method of coalbed methane production  
A method of producing coalbed methane by injecting inert gas, such as nitrogen, through an injection well into the coal seam and recovering coalbed methane from a production well(s). Methane...
4866939 Method and apparatus for extracting geothermal fluid  
A method and an apparatus for extracting geothermal fluid are disclosed. Pressurized and superheated steam is injected into a hot water region below the flashing point of the hot water in the well...
4848460 Contained recovery of oily waste  
A method is provided for recovering oily waste from oily waste accumulations underground comprising sweeping the oily waste accumulation with hot water to recover said oily waste, wherein said area...
4832122 In-situ remediation system and method for contaminated groundwater  
A system for removing volatile contaminants from a subsurface plume of contamination comprising two sets of wells, a well for injecting a fluid into a saturated zone on one side of the plume and an...
4819724 Modified push/pull flood process for hydrocarbon recovery  
The invention comprises injecting about 5% to about 25% pore volumes of a recovery fluid simultaneously into an underground formation through at least two wells. One well which is destined to be...
4817715 Aqueous flooding methods for tertiary oil recovery  
A method of aqueous flooding of subterranean oil bearing formation for tertiary oil recovery involves injecting through a well into the formation a low alkaline pH aqueous sodium bicarbonate...
4793416 Organic crosslinking of polymers for CO2 flooding profile control  
A process for recovering hydrocarbonaceous fluids from a formation having a substantially low pH where a rehealable gel prepared ex-situ is used to close off a zone of greater permeability. Said...
4787452 Disposal of produced formation fines during oil recovery  
Recovered formation fines are pumped in slurry form into an injection well during an enhanced oil recovery process e.g. a steam flood. Said injection can be done incrementally in stages in...
4765407 Method of producing gas condensate and other reservoirs  
A reservoir is produced by injecting a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen produced by treatment of a Claus plant gaseous effluent stream into the reservoir to enhance production.
4756367 Method for producing natural gas from a coal seam  
Disclosed herein is a method of degasification, wherein gas and water production from a coal field are maintained at high rates regardless of temporary changes in market demand. While all the...
4744417 Method for effectively handling CO.sub.2 -hydrocarbon gas mixture in a miscible CO.sub.2 flood for oil recovery  
In a CO 2 miscible displacement enhanced oil recovery process, produced CO 2 -hydrocarbon gas containing from more than the maximum CO 2 content tolerable in a fuel gas up to about 70 volume...
4741398 Hydraulic accumulator-compressor for geopressured enhanced oil recovery  
A hydraulic accumulator-compressor vessel using geothermal brine under pressure as a piston to compress waste (CO 2 rich) gas is used in a system having a plurality of gas separators in tandem to...
4730672 Method of removing and controlling volatile contaminants from the vadose layer of contaminated earth  
A method and apparatus of collecting volatile contaminants from the vadose layer of earth. The apparatus is a closed-loop device which includes one or more contaminant withdrawal wells surrounded...
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