ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,523, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Lion Fuel Resources LLC (Oklahoma City).
"System and method for enhanced petroleum product recovery" was invented by Frank Bannister (Oklahoma City), Paul Trost (Oklahoma City), William Hodges (Oklahoma City) and Fred Varani (Oklahoma City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for producing CO and CO2 to achieve an efficient oil recovery operation that minimizes undesirable gaseous emissions is provided. The system includes a portable CO-producing device, a portable CO2-producing device located proximate to the reservoir, and a gas collecting device configured to receive CO and CO2 and selectiv...