Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of collecting hydrocarbons using a barrier tunnel
- Patent Title (中): 使用屏障隧道收集碳氢化合物的方法
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Application No.: US11873180Application Date: 2007-10-16
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Publication No.: US07644769B2Publication Date: 2010-01-12
- Inventor: Michael H. Kobler , Dana Brock
- Applicant: Michael H. Kobler , Dana Brock
- Applicant Address: CA Alberta
- Assignee: OSUM Oil Sands Corp.
- Current Assignee: OSUM Oil Sands Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Alberta
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B43/16
- IPC: E21B43/16 ; E21B43/08
Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to a method and means of collecting oil from a reservoir overlying a water aquifer or basement rock using a manned tunnel. A manned tunnel is used as a physical barrier to intercept oil and water flowing downward along a formation dip and to preferentially collect the oil or the water through a series of collector stations. This method can be used for oil spill clean-ups or for hydrocarbon recovery in appropriate reservoirs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080087422A1 METHOD OF COLLECTING HYDROCARBONS USING A BARRIER TUNNEL Public/Granted day:2008-04-17
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