Patent ID: 7654330

Claim:
A portable oil recovery apparatus for substantially rejuvenating a near-depleted oil well, comprising: a portable coal reformer adapted to steam reform a quantity of coal with a quantity of water to generate driver gas comprising hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and carbon monoxide gas, wherein sufficient water is provided to ensure a substantial majority of the coal is converted directly into carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas in a single step; a gas separator module having a hydrogen outlet and a carbon dioxide outlet, operatively coupled to the portable coal reformer and adapted to separate at least a portion of the carbon dioxide gas from the driver gas; a power generator module having a hydrogen inlet operatively coupled to the hydrogen outlet of the gas separator module, and adapted to generate electric power using the hydrogen gas received from the gas separator module via the hydrogen inlet; a compressor module having a carbon dioxide inlet operatively connected to the carbon dioxide outlet of the gas separator module and adapted to compress the carbon dioxide gas separated by the gas separator module to a pressure appropriate for the near-depleted oil well; and a carbon dioxide output on the compressor module adapted to eject the compressed carbon dioxide gas out of the portable apparatus and into the near-depleted oil well.