Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material – Tunnel recovery of fluid material
Patent
1975-04-14
1977-08-30
Purser, Ernest R.
Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material
Tunnel recovery of fluid material
299 13, E21C 4110, E21C 4300
Patent
active
040450856
ABSTRACT:
An underground in situ oil shale retort, having predetermined boundaries, contains a bed of fragmented oil shale particles having an appreciable void volume distributed therethrough. Air passed through this bed of fragmented oil shale supports combustion of some of the carbonaceous material in the oil shale and provides heat for retorting oil therefrom. A number of such retorts may be formed in an area and pillars are left to support the overburden. Pillars forming walls between adjacent retorts also prevent gas leakage. Oil recovery from intact oil shale pillars is enhanced by fracturing the pillars as well as fragmenting the shale in the retort. The pillars are fractured by hydraulic fracturing, electrical fracturing, liquid explosive fissuring, or the like. The fractures are propagated from access holes in the vicinity of the pillars, typically between similar holes adjacent the next retort volume when the pillars are between retorts.
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Occidental Oil Shale Inc.
Pate III William F.
Purser Ernest R.
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