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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ruel C Terry, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
In Situ Technology, Inc., Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166259 ; 166 50 ; 166263 ;
Abstract
After a linkage channel is established through an underground coal seam connecting two vertical wells, a tubing bender/straightener is positioned in a first well aligned with the linkage channel. Oxidizer injection tubing is inserted from the wellhead into the tubing bender/straightener. The tubing is forced through the tubing bender/straightener and on into the linkage channel. The coal is ignited and the fire sustained by continuous injection of oxidizer through the tubing, creating a reaction zone separated from the first well with products of reaction recovered through the second well.