Patent

Microbially enhanced thermal oil recovery (US Patent 12637932)

9668241 CANADA INC. · Granted May 26, 2026 · Filed Dec 18, 2024

Patent number: 12637932 Kind code: B2 Granted: 2026-05-26 Filed: 2024-12-18 Inventors: Casey Hubert (Calgary, CA); Milovan Fustic (Calgary, CA) Assignees: 9668241 CANADA INC. (Ottawa, CA) CPC: C09K 8/582; C09K 8/592; C09K 8/845; E21B 43/2406; E21B 43/2408

Abstract

A method and a system for recovering oil from currently inaccessible oil containing geological units by activating the deep biosphere microbial seed bank. Nutrient and thermal enhancement of microorganisms in oil containing geological units allows for stimulation

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