THAI® (Toe to Heel Air Injection) is an evolutionary configuration for in-situ combustion that combines the latest horizontal drilling technology with vertical air injection to produce heavy oil or bitumen resources without consuming significant quantities of natural gas or water.
Archon is a wholly-owned Petrobank subsidiary that houses all of the patents and intellectual property rights related to the THAI® and CAPRI® technologies.
We have filed eight patents in 36 countries under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, focusing on those regions with significant heavy oil or bitumen resources.
The combination of rising demand for energy and the massive volume of heavy oil and bitumen resources remaining throughout the world provide tremendous opportunities for our THAI® process to be deployed globally.