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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 13, 2010
Alan K. Burnham, Livermore, CA (US);
Roger L. Day, Rifle, CO (US);
P. Henrick Wallman, Berkeley, CA (US);
James R. Mcconaghy, Salida, CO (US);
Harry Gordon Harris, Laramie, WY (US);
Paul Lerwick, Midland, TX (US);
R. Glenn Vawter, Glenwood Springs, CO (US);
Alan K. Burnham, Livermore, CA (US);
Roger L. Day, Rifle, CO (US);
P. Henrick Wallman, Berkeley, CA (US);
James R. McConaghy, Salida, CO (US);
Harry Gordon Harris, Laramie, WY (US);
Paul Lerwick, Midland, TX (US);
R. Glenn Vawter, Glenwood Springs, CO (US);
American Shale Oil, LLC, Newark, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and process for extracting hydrocarbons from a subterranean body of oil shale within an oil shale deposit located beneath an overburden. The system comprises an energy delivery subsystem to heat the body of oil shale and a hydrocarbon gathering subsystem for gathering hydrocarbons retorted from the body of oil shale. The energy delivery subsystem comprises at least one energy delivery well drilled from the surface of the earth through the overburden to a depth proximate a bottom of the body of oil shale, the energy delivery well extending generally downward from a surface location above a proximal end of the body of oil shale to be retorted and continuing proximate the bottom of the body of oil shale. The energy delivery well may extend into the body of oil shale at an angle.