Method for establishing high permeability flow path between boreholes

Patent · 31 December 1977

OSTI ID:863155

Dow, Jerome P ^[1]

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1. Pleasanton, CA

A method for linking adjacent boreholes in a subterranean formation, particularly in a coal gasification array, by firing a high velocity terradynamic projectile from one borehole to the other.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4106574
• OSTI ID: 863155
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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