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Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1976

Filed:

Jan. 22, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:

Robert E Pennington, Baytown, TX (US);

Michael A Gibson, Houston, TX (US);

George T Arnold, Baytown, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166259 ; 48DI / ; 166260 ; 166261 ; 166263 ; 166266 ;
Abstract

Coal liquids and gases are recovered from a thick underground coal seam by drilling one or more boreholes from the earth's surface into the lower part of the seam, burning out the coal over a limited area near the bottom of the seam, collapsing the overlying coal to form a rubblized zone extending vertically to a point near the upper boundary of the seam, driving a flame front vertically through the rubblized zone to liberate hydrocarbon liquids and produce gases, and recovering the liquids and gases from the rubblized zone.

Published as:
US3999607A; BE849005A; DE2652213A1; FR2338987A1; ZA766355B; AU1868976A; CA1056302A; GB1558381A; FR2338987B1;

Find Patent Forward Citations

Pennington, Robert. (1976). Recovery of hydrocarbons from coal (U.S. Patent No. 3999607). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/3999607

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