ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,049, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Eavor Technologies Inc. (Calgary, Canada).
"Method for forming high efficiency geothermal wellbores" was invented by Matthew Toews (Calgary, Canada), Paul Cairns (Calgary, Canada), Peter Andrews (Calgary, Canada), Andrew Curtis-Smith (Calgary, Canada) and Jonathan Hale (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wellbore synthesis techniques are disclosed suitable for use in geothermal applications. Embodiments are provided where open hole drilled wellbores are sealed while drilling to form an impervious layer at the wellbore/formation interface. The techniques may be chemical, thermal, mec...