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Barlon Engineering to Support Highland Light in Development of the Dry Fracture Shale System (DF2S)
March 26, 2020
Barlon Engineering Group LTD President Phil Johnson and Highland Light Management Corp CEO Jack Young announced today the signing of an agreement to provide engineering and drilling technology support for the development of the Dry Fracture Shale System (DF2S). Both companies believe synergies can be realized with collaboration of skills in the area of thermal well enhanced oil recovery technology development and execution. The companies believe that well construction technologies and methodologies used by Barlon Engineering in Canadian oil sands will enhance the efficiency and success of DF2S.
Under this agreement, Barlon Engineering will provide:
1. Advice and planning to HLM to ensure relevant and practical well designs.
2. Detailed engineering support with specialized well construction software.
3. Material selection and procurement support for equipment manufacturing.
4. Project management of service providers and materials as required.
5. Wellsite advisory and supervision services.
Barlon Engineering Group LTD, a Canadian corporation with offices located at 2000, 555-4th Ave SW Calgary, Alberta has capabilities and experience in providing engineering, design and project management services related to well drilling and completion services.
Highland Light Management Corp, a Maryland corporation with offices located at 20624 Highland Hall Drive, Montgomery Village, MD, has developed and patented the Dry Fracture Shale System (DF2S} technology for hydrocarbon extraction from shale and other hydrocarbon sources.
President Johnson and CEO Young said they look forward to successful collaboration during the pilot well and commercial operations of the Dry Fracture Shale System (DF2S).
Highland Light contact:
Website: www.hlmenergy.com
Contact: info@hlmenergy.com
Barlon Engineering contact:
Website: www.barlon.ca/
Contact: Office@Barlon.ca
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HIGHLAND LIGHT RECEIVES NEW PATENT PROVIDING GATEWAY TO EXPANDED MARKETS IN SHALE, OIL SANDS, HEAVY OIL AND REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SUB SURFACE AREAS
December 20, 2019
Highland Light Management Corp (Highland Light) CEO Jack Young announced today the Company was awarded by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office patent US 10,494,909 B2, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY SELECTABLE DRY FRACTURE SHALE ENERGY EXTRACTION, dated December 3, 2019. The Claims of this patent, combined with the parent patent US 9,970,276 B2, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRY FRACTURE ENERGY EXTRACTION, can be enforced for protection in operations including shale, heavy oil, oil sands and decontamination/remediation of contaminated sub surface areas. The Company will rebrand its market development to incorporate these expanded areas.
The Dry Fracture Shale (Energy Extraction) System (DF2S) is a system that uses Radio Frequency (RF) energy to heat oil shale. On heating, two things occur in the oil shale: the kerogen is converted to oil and gas and the liquid/gas permeability is increased dramatically. The significance of these patents are that they are drawn to a technology that enables access to the rich potential oil fields of the Green River formation under the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains, without strip mining. Based on DOE estimates of oil shale containing 25 gal per ton potential oil, this new system will allow access to 1.2 trillion bbls of oil. This increases US oil and gas reserves by more than an order of magnitude. These resources are not accessable using conventional or uncoventional oil and gas extraction techniques. The DF2S overcomes this problem and opens up these vast resources using minimally invasive, environmentally friendly techniques. In addition the DF2S will be employed to conduct post processing of fields which have been fracked, since fracking only accesses 2% to 7% of the hydrocarbons in place. This will be accomplished with no fracking water and no chemcials – and with near constant well production levels for 20 years.
The system design and devlopment was done under the direction of Dr. Preston Grounds III, our COO and Chief Scientist, employing our Desgin Team of experts drawn from backgrounds in the Naval Research Laboratory, with significant contributions by Dr. Daniel Moos, our Senior Adviser for Reservoir Engineering and former Technolgy Fellow with Baker Hughes.
We will conduct engineering and economic analysis to apply the patented RF systems and methods to our expanded business sectors in heavy oil, oil sands and subsurface remediation.
ANSYS, Inc. SUCCESS STORY - WITH HIGHLAND LIGHT
December 4, 2018
Highland Light (HLM Energy) has designed and patented our “Dry Fracture Shale System (DF2S)” that employs a unique downhole, 3-dimensional electromagnetic array that achieves precision heating of large scale modules (e.g. 300,000 ton, 50,000 cubic yard shale blocks) for extraction of oil and gas.
Highland Light engaged ANSYS, Inc. for software and consulting services to support development of a detailed model of the system and process.
ANSYS has declared this project a “Success Story” and has prepared a slide, attached, covering the project. The slide will be incorporated into their practice manuals, and the ANSYS marketing team will use it for the ANSYS website, YouTube channel, and periodic publications such as the ANSYS Advantage magazine.
Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs nearly 3,000 professionals, many of whom are expert M.S. and Ph.D.-level engineers in finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, electronics, semiconductors, embedded software and design optimization. Our exceptional staff is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology so our customers can turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at lower cost. As a measure of their success in attaining these goals, ANSYS has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies by prestigious publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek and FORTUNE magazines.
Highland Light appreciates this recognition by ANSYS, Inc.
HIGHLAND LIGHT RECEIVES PATENT ON ITS DRY FRACTURE SHALE SYSTEM (DF2S)
May 15, 2018
Highland Light Management Corp (Highland Light) CEO Jack Young announced today the company was awarded patent no US 9,970,276 B2 by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office for protection of their unique hydrocarbon recovery system, the Dry Fracture Shale (Energy Extraction) System (DF2S). This patent is for a system that uses Radio Frequency energy to heat oil shale. On heating, two things occur in the oil shale: the kerogen is converted to oil and gas and the liquid/gas permeability is increased dramatically. The significance of this patent is that it enables access to the rich potential oil fields of the Green River formation under the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains without strip mining. Based on DOE estimates of oil shale containing 25 gal per ton potential oil, this new system will allow access to 1.2 trillion bbls of oil. This increases US oil and gas reserves by more than an order of magnitude. These resources are not accessible using conventional or unconventional oil and gas extraction techniques. The Dry Fracture Shale (Energy Extraction) System (DF2S) overcomes this problem and opens up these vast resources using minimally invasive, environmentally friendly techniques. In addition the DF2S will be employed to conduct post processing of fields which have been fracked, since fracking only accesses 2% to 7% of the hydrocarbons in place. This will be accomplished with no fracking water and no chemicals.
The system design and development was done under the direction of Dr. Preston Grounds III, our COO and Chief Scientist, employing our Design Team of experts drawn from backgrounds in the Naval Research Laboratory, now joined by Dr. Daniel Moos, Senior Adviser for Reservoir Engineering and former Technology Fellow with Baker Hughes.
The Company has submitted a follow on patent application May 11, 2018, covering enhancements to the DF2S.