ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,145, issued on July 8.
"Composition and process for enhanced oil recovery" was invented by Jerrold E. Hyams (New York City, N.Y.) and Geoffrey Woods (Westport, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a cost effective custom-designed blend of organic chemicals to stimulate oil production. The invention includes a chemical composition for use in drilling operations for oil recovery and the method of using the chemical composition. The chemical composition includes an ammonia compound, an alcohol or polar organic compound, and aqueous carrier solution. The aqueous carrier solution is of sufficient volume such ...