Generation of methane from hydrocarbon bearing materials

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9057082
APP PUB NO 20140073023A1
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14078147

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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 sediments rich in organic matter through the management of the metabolism of microbial consortia.

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TRANSWORLD TECHNOLOGIES INC700 CORPORATE CIR N GOLDEN CO 80401

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DeBruyn, Roland P Highlands Ranch, US 14 162
Dodson, James B Castle Rock, US 15 188
Pfeiffer, Robert S Parker, US 27 319
Szaloczi, Eric L Denver, US 5 55
Ulrich, Glenn A Golden, US 17 173
Weber, Jeffrey L Denver, US 6 63

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