Fluid outlet at the bottom of an in situ oil shale retort

Details Fluid outlet at the bottom of an in situ oil shale retort Fluid outlet at the bottom of an in situ oil shale retort

1981-11-30

1984-04-03

Purser, Ernest R.

Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material

Tunnel recovery of fluid material

299 19, E21C 4110

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ABSTRACT:
Formation is excavated from within the boundaries of a retort site in formation containing oil shale for forming at least one retort level void extending horizontally across the retort site, leaving at least one remaining zone of unfragmented formation within the retort site. A production level drift is excavated below the retort level void, leaving a lower zone of unfragmented formation between the retort level void and the production level drift. A plurality of raises are formed between the production level drift and the retort level void for providing product withdrawal passages distributed generally uniformly across the horizontal cross section of the retort level void. The product withdrawal passages are backfilled with a permeable mass of particles. Explosive placed within the remaining zone of unfragmented formation above the retort level void is detonated for explosively expanding formation within the retort site toward at least the retort level void for forming a fragmented permeable mass of formation particles containing oil shale within the boundaries of the retort site. During retorting operations products of retorting are conducted from the fragmented mass in the retort through the product withdrawal passages to the production level void. The products are withdrawn from the production level void.

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