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Water-flood technology for enhanced oil recovery by controlling reservoir wettability without chemicals
- Sector
- Energy
- Founded
- 2013
- Total capital
- $1.6M
- Federal grants
- $1.6M
- 2 awards · 2017–2019
- Rank in peer group#7 of 23
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 3
- 1 pending · first 2018
- Rank in peer group#11 of 23
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Novel Water Flooding Technique to Enhance Oil Recovery$1.4M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I: Novel Water Flooding Technique to Enhance Oil Recovery$225K
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Standing among 23 peers
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- Federal grants#7 · top 30%
- Granted patents#11 · top 48%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 3 granted of 4- GrantedOptimized Salinity For Enhanced Water Flood ApplicationsUSPTOUS 11,180,689
- GrantedOptimized Salinity For Enhanced Water Flood ApplicationsUSPTOUS 10,465,106
- GrantedMethods For Optimizing Salinity For Enhanced Water Flood ApplicationsUSPTOUS 9,938,450
Show all 4 patent records
- Optimized Salinity For Enhanced Water Flood ApplicationsNov 23, 2021 · US 11,180,689Granted
- Optimized Salinity For Enhanced Water Flood ApplicationsNov 5, 2019 · US 10,465,106Granted
- Methods For Optimizing Salinity For Enhanced Water Flood ApplicationsApr 10, 2018 · US 9,938,450Granted
- Modified Flotation Test With In-situ Reservoir ConditionsApplication 62685648Pending
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Regulatory activity · Energy
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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