US Patent Issued to DELFOS CAPITAL on March 18 for "Hot crude gravity drainage (HCGD) for heavy and extra-heavy enhanced oil recovery (EOR)" (Venezuelan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,671, issued on March 18, was assigned to DELFOS CAPITAL LLC (Lewes, Del.).

"Hot crude gravity drainage (HCGD) for heavy and extra-heavy enhanced oil recovery (EOR)" was invented by Jorge Enrique Echenagucia Cioppa (Caracas, Venezuela).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous process for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to be used in heavy and extra heavy oil wells, where low and/or non-profitable production rates occur is presented. The process is named Hot Crude Gravity Drainage (HCGD), and HCGD may include different components to support the heating of crude produced in the oil well that is later going to be injected at the same volu...