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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2021
Applicant:

David Alan Mcbay, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventor:

David Alan McBay, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/14 (2006.01); E21B 43/295 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/295 (2013.01); E21B 7/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A spallation drilling apparatus is also disclosed that uses jets of hot fluid for drilling. This is compatible with drilling wells in high temperature zones, such as a lava dome. A simplified pyrolysis reactor for use in a lava dome is also disclosed, in which the dome functions to contain the reaction, and the apparatus to facilitate pyrolysis is far more compact.


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