Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hydrocarbon extraction through carbon dioxide production and injection into a hydrocarbon well
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Application No.: US15165311Application Date: 2016-05-26
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Publication No.: US09915136B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Matthew D. Eisaman , Kathleen E. Cooper
- Applicant: X Development LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
- Main IPC: E21B43/16
- IPC: E21B43/16 ; C25B7/00

Abstract:
A method of extracting hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon well includes receiving an aqueous solution including dissolved inorganic carbon, and extracting the dissolved inorganic carbon from the aqueous solution to create CO2 by changing a pH of the aqueous solution. The method also includes pumping the CO2 into the hydrocarbon well and, in response to pumping the CO2 into the hydrocarbon well, extracting the hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon well.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170342813A1 ENHANCED HYDROCARBON EXTRACTION Public/Granted day:2017-11-30
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