According the Department of Energy, conventional primary and secondary recovery operations often leave two thirds of the oil in the reservoir. ParagoneM can help recover much of the remaining oil, estimated at 200 billion barrels in the U.S. alone. Here's how it works:

• ParagoneM channels oil through preferred pathways in the reservoir rock by closing
   off small channels and forcing the oil to migrate through the larger pore space.

• It produces surfactants that lower the interfacial tension of the oil and rock grain.

• It generates carbon dioxide, which increases reservoir pressure and improves   permeability by dissolving carbonate rocks.