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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Foster, Crowborough, Sussex, GB;
Clarence R Jones, Augusta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; F24J / ; F28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166271 ; 165 45 ; 166 50 ; 166 52 ; 166308 ; 299-4 ;
Abstract
A process for creating a hot dry rock oven for the extraction of heat energy is disclosed wherein the geothermal fluid injection and withdrawal wells are brought into positive hydraulic communication during the creation of the hot dry rock oven. The oven complex is produced by fracturing the formation from a plurality of bore holes simultaneously.