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Apparatus and method for extracting petroleum from underground sites using reformed gases

  • US 9,605,522 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2009
  • Issued: 03/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for recovering oil from an oil well comprising:

  • a portable, self-contained apparatus for reforming a fuel source comprising a biomass source to generate a driver gas that includes products of reforming the fuel source which consist of hydrogen gas mixed with carbon dioxide gas, anda compressor for compressing the driver gas to a pressure appropriate for injection into an oil well;

    wherein, the portable, self-contained apparatus further comprises a counter-flow heat exchanger wherein the heat exchanger provides energy from the released driver gas to the incoming reformer fuel source to facilitate an autothermal reformer reaction; and

    wherein the portable, self-contained apparatus for reforming the fuel source is located on-site of the oil well for the generation of the driver gas.

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