ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,932, issued on May 26, was assigned to 9668241 CANADA INC. (Ottawa).
"Microbially enhanced thermal oil recovery" was invented by Casey Hubert (Calgary, Canada) and Milovan Fustic (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 of inactive and/or dormant microorganisms such that they proliferate and produce gas. The oil viscosity that is decreased by heat, along with the gas p...