US Patent Issued to Transworld Technologies on Sept. 16 for "Biologically enhanced oil recovery methods" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,024, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Transworld Technologies Inc. (Houston).

"Biologically enhanced oil recovery methods" was invented by Daniel Edward Connors (Denver), Jordan Andrew Bradfish (Thornton, Colo.), Roland Peter DeBruyn (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Helen Mitchell (Denver) and Joseph Edward Zemetra (Lakewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of enhancing oil recovery may include accessing a consortium of microorganisms in a geologic formation that includes oil. The methods may include delivering an aqueous material incorporating dissolved hydrogen to the consortium of microorganisms. The methods may include ...