ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,138, issued on June 10, was assigned to SAGE GEOSYSTEMS INC. (Houston).
"Geopressure and geothermal power system" was invented by Nathan Weiss (Bellaire, Texas), Douglas Simpkins (Bellaire, Texas), Lev M. Ring (Bellaire, Texas) and Robert Lance Cook (Bellaire, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A geopressure and geothermal power system includes at least one pressure exchanger configured to receive a production fluid and a working fluid. At least one power generation unit is fluidly coupled to the pressure exchanger. At least one production well is positioned at least partially within a geothermal reservoir and provides the producti...