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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Dean Michael Willberg, Tucson, AZ (US);

Andrew Pomerantz, Lexington, MA (US);

Thorarinn Kristjansson, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 11/04 (2006.01); C02F 3/28 (2006.01); C09K 8/582 (2006.01); C09K 8/594 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/38 (2006.01); C02F 103/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 11/04 (2013.01); C02F 3/2866 (2013.01); C09K 8/582 (2013.01); C09K 8/594 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 43/38 (2013.01); C02F 2103/20 (2013.01); C02F 2209/02 (2013.01); C02F 2209/03 (2013.01); C02F 2209/06 (2013.01); C02F 2209/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method using a subterranean biological reactor can include a pre-reactor storage unit configured to receive a feedstock including a slurry of biologically derived material and at least one pump configured to pump the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit. The system may include at least one wellbore containing a subterranean biological reactor configured to receive the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit. At least a portion of the subterranean biological reactor may be configured to perform anaerobic digestion upon the effluent to generate a biogas.


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