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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Paul P. Woskov, Bedford, MA (US);
Daniel R. Cohn, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Paul P. Woskov, Bedford, MA (US);
Daniel R. Cohn, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
System for drilling boreholes into subsurface formations. A gyrotron injects millimeter-wave radiation energy into the borehole and pressurization apparatus is provided for pressurizing the borehole whereby a thermal melt front at the end of the borehole propagates into the subsurface formations. In another aspect, a system for fracturing a subsurface formation is disclosed.