ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,072, issued on June 10.

"Oil production system and method" was invented by Jack McIntyre (San Angelo, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil production system and method. The system includes a system for heating unrecovered oil. The system includes a chemical injection well having at least one subterranean outlet. The system also includes an oil production well with at least one subterranean inlet. The subterranean outlet is lower in elevation than the at least one inlet. The chemical injection well is coupled to an injected reactant source, and wherein said injected reactant source reacts with a second reactant in an exothermic...