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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092559 | Generation of hydrogen from hydrocarbon bearing materials Disclosed are strategies for the economical microbial generation of hydrogen, useful as an alternative energy source, from hydrocarbon-rich deposits such as coal, oil and/or gas formations, oil shale, bitumen, tar sands, carbonaceous shale, peat deposits and sedimen... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8051908 | Biogenic fuel gas generation in geologic hydrocarbon deposits A method for stimulating methane production from a carbonaceous material is described. The methods may include the step of contacting the material with cells of a methanogenic consortium under anaerobic conditions to form a reaction mixture. The method may also incl... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7977282 | Chemical amendments for the stimulation of biogenic gas generation in deposits of carbonaceous material Methods of stimulating biogenic production of a metabolic product with enhanced hydrogen content are described. The methods may include accessing a consortium of microorganisms in a geologic formation that includes a carbonaceous material. They may also include prov... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975762 | Biogenic fuel gas generation in geologic hydrocarbon deposits A method of increasing biogenic production of a combustible gas from a subterranean geologic formation is described. The method may include extracting formation water from the geologic formation, where the extracted formation water includes at least a first species ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7845403 | Biogenic fuel gas generation in geologic hydrocarbon deposits A process for introducing microorganisms to carbonaceous material in an anaerobic environment is described. The process includes the step of extracting formation water from a geologic formation, and removing at least a portion of an extractable material from the for... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7871792 | consortium for the production of materials with enhanced hydrogen content An isolated microbial consortium is described that includes a first microbial consortium having Thermacetogenium phaeum to metabolize a complex hydrocarbon substrate into metabolic products comprising an acetate compound. The consortium also includes a second... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7696132 | Chemical amendments for the stimulation of biogenic gas generation in deposits of carbonaceous material Methods of stimulating biogenic production of a metabolic product with enhanced hydrogen content are described. The methods may include accessing a consortium of microorganisms in a geologic formation that includes a carbonaceous material. They may also include prov... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7640978 | Biogenic fuel gas generation in geologic hydrocarbon deposits A method for stimulating methane production from a carbonaceous material is described. The methods may include the step of contacting the material with cells of a methanogenic consortium under anaerobic conditions to form a reaction mixture. The method may also incl... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7426960 | Biogenic fuel gas generation in geologic hydrocarbon deposits A method to stimulate the biogenic production of a metabolite with enhanced hydrogen content that includes forming an opening in a geologic formation to provide access to a consortium of microorganisms, and injecting water into the opening to disperse at least a por... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416879 | consortium for the production of materials with enhanced hydrogen content An isolated microbial consortium is described that includes a first microbial consortium having Thermacetogenium phaeum to metabolize a complex hydrocarbon substrate into metabolic products comprising an acetate compound. The consortium also includes a second... | 08/26/2008 |
