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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Alan K. Burnham, Livermore, CA (US);
Susan A. Carroll, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alan K. Burnham, Livermore, CA (US);
Susan A. Carroll, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignees:
American Shale Oil, LLC, Newark, NJ (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 36/00 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0064 (2013.01); Y02C 10/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for sequestering carbon dioxide underground by mineralizing the carbon dioxide with coinjected fluids and minerals remaining from the extraction shale oil. In one embodiment, the oil shale of an illite-rich oil shale is heated to pyrolyze the shale underground, and carbon dioxide is provided to the remaining depleted oil shale while at an elevated temperature. Conditions are sufficient to mineralize the carbon dioxide.