Patent ID: 7650939

Claim:
A portable, modular apparatus, having one or more modules, for recovering oil from an oil well and generating electric power, the apparatus comprising: a reformer module adapted to react a fuel source, the fuel source transported to a site of the oil well, with water in an absence of air to generate driver gas, the driver gas comprising at least carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas, wherein sufficient water is provided to ensure a substantial majority of the fuel source is reformed directly into carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas in a single step; a gas separator module operatively coupled to the reformer module and adapted to receive a portion of the driver gas from the reformer module and to separate at least a portion of the hydrogen gas from the driver gas; a power generator module operatively coupled to the gas separator module and adapted to generate electricity using a portion of the hydrogen gas separated by the gas separator module; and an injection module operatively coupled to the reformer module and adapted to receive a portion of the driver gas from the reformer module and to eject the driver gas from the apparatus and into the oil well.