ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,039, issued on June 2, was assigned to Shale Ingenuity LLC (Centennial, Colo.).
"System and method for optimized production of hydrocarbons from shale oil reservoirs via cyclic injection" was invented by Robert A. Downey (Centennial, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method for the optimized production of hydrocarbons from shale oil reservoirs via cyclic injection to achieve an improved and optimal recovery of oil. The method can determine and optimize the composition of injected fluids to be injected, the rate, pressure and duration of injection, the production rate and pressure of produced fluids; can determine and uti...