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Number: 166/259
Name: Wells > Processes > In situ combustion > Including fracturing or attacking formation
Description: A process in which the earth is cracked to produce a fissure or fissures therein, or in which fluid introduced into the pores of the earth chemically reacts with the earth or deposits in the earth to enlarge the pores of the earth.


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
4457374 Transient response process for detecting in situ retorting conditions Jul. 3, 1984
4454915 In situ retorting of oil shale with air, steam, and recycle gas Jun. 19, 1984
4449753 Method for bulking full a retort May. 22, 1984
4448249 Method of in situ oil shale retort ignition with oxygen control May. 15, 1984
4446918 Method for initiating combustion in a subterranean carbonaceous deposit May. 8, 1984
4446921 Method for underground gasification of solid fuels May. 8, 1984
4444256 Method for inhibiting sloughing of unfragmented formation in an in situ oil shale retort Apr. 24, 1984
4444433 Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort in differing grades of oil shale Apr. 24, 1984
4443037 Method for controlling void fraction distribution in an in situ oil shale retort Apr. 17, 1984
4441759 In situ oil shale retort system Apr. 10, 1984
4440447 Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort with explosive expansion towards a horizontal free face Apr. 3, 1984
4437519 Reduction of shale oil pour point Mar. 20, 1984
4436344 In situ retorting of oil shale with pulsed combustion Mar. 13, 1984
4436153 In-situ combustion method for controlled thermal linking of wells Mar. 13, 1984
4435016 In situ retorting with flame front-stabilizing layer of lean oil shale particles Mar. 6, 1984
4425967 Ignition procedure and process for in situ retorting of oil shale Jan. 17, 1984
4408663 Process for enlargement of rock fractures Oct. 11, 1983
4402550 Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort with controlled seismic vibration Sep. 6, 1983
4401163 Modified in situ retorting of oil shale Aug. 30, 1983
4400034 Coal comminution and recovery process using gas drying Aug. 23, 1983
4399866 Method for controlling the flow of subterranean water into a selected zone in a permeable subterranean carbonaceous deposit Aug. 23, 1983
4384614 Method of retorting oil shale by velocity flow of super-heated air May. 24, 1983
4381873 In situ roasting and leaching of sulfide minerals May. 3, 1983
4369841 Method for igniting an in situ oil shale retort Jan. 25, 1983
4366864 Method for recovery of hydrocarbons from oil-bearing limestone or dolomite Jan. 4, 1983
4366986 Controlled retorting methods for recovering shale oil from rubblized oil shale and methods for making permeable masses of rubblized oil shale Jan. 4, 1983
4359246 In situ oil shale retort with non-uniformly distributed void fraction Nov. 16, 1982
4353418 In situ retorting of oil shale Oct. 12, 1982
4344484 Determining the locus of a processing zone in an in situ oil shale retort through a well in the formation adjacent the retort Aug. 17, 1982
4343360 Method for controlling underground combustion Aug. 10, 1982
4343361 Method for controlling underground combustion Aug. 10, 1982
4336966 Cratering in the deep cratering region to form an in situ oil shale retort Jun. 29, 1982
4333684 Method of uniform rubblization for limited void volume blasting Jun. 8, 1982
4328863 In situ retorting of oil shale May. 11, 1982
4324292 Process for recovering products from oil shale Apr. 13, 1982
4323120 Method for controlling underground combustion Apr. 6, 1982
4323121 Method for controlling underground combustion Apr. 6, 1982
4313499 Subterranean gasification of bituminous coal Feb. 2, 1982
4306621 Method for in situ coal gasification operations Dec. 22, 1981
4299285 Underground gasification of bituminous coal Nov. 10, 1981
4296809 In situ gasification of bituminous coal Oct. 27, 1981
4290649 Method for explosively expanding a pillar for forming an in situ oil shale retort Sep. 22, 1981
4285547 Integrated in situ shale oil and mineral recovery process Aug. 25, 1981
4279302 Determining the locus of a processing zone in an oil shale retort by effluent off gas heating value Jul. 21, 1981
4279444 Jetting out weak areas for forming an in situ oil shale retort Jul. 21, 1981
4271904 Method for controlling underground combustion Jun. 9, 1981
4272127 Subsidence control at boundaries of an in situ oil shale retort development region Jun. 9, 1981
4269449 Method for preparing an oil shale deposit for in situ retorting May. 26, 1981
4266826 In-situ recovery of constituents from fragmented ore May. 12, 1981
4266612 In situ recovery of shale oil May. 12, 1981

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