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Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1976

Filed:

Jun. 12, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:

Philip J Closmann, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
299-4 ; 166272 ; 166299 ;
Abstract

The forming of a rubble-containing cavity within a subterranean oil shale is improved by: leaching water-soluble minerals to form an areally extensive void in or above an upper portion and an areally extensive permeable zone or void within or contiguous with a lower portion of the oil shale; displacing an explosive fluid into the lower permeable zone; and detonating the explosive.


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Closmann, Philip. (1976). Explosive-aided oil shale cavity formation (U.S. Patent No. 3957306). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/3957306

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