Patents
Patents for E21C 41 - Methods of underground or surface mining; Layouts therefor (2,789)
04/1986
04/08/1986US4580725 Hydraulic monitor protection apparatus
04/01/1986US4579391 Drilling holes, insertion conductive devices, forming bath of melted material, and separation
03/1986
03/11/1986US4575155 Pressure differential mining tool
02/1986
02/25/1986US4572582 Earth battery using veined material such as coal as first electrode, and placing second electrode in metal to be mined
12/1985
12/24/1985US4560206 Method for explosively expanding a pillar
11/1985
11/12/1985CA1196572A1 Method of electrically heating underground hydrocarbon deposits
11/05/1985US4550952 Mining machine with adjustable hood-scoop assembly
09/1985
09/10/1985CA1193184A1 Multiple level methane drainage shaft system
08/1985
08/20/1985US4536035 Hydraulic mining method
08/06/1985US4533526 Collecting geothermal fluid and concentrating
08/06/1985US4533182 Process for production of oil and gas through horizontal drainholes from underground workings
08/06/1985US4533181 Method for forming uniform flow rubble bed
08/06/1985US4532991 In situ subterranean retorts
07/1985
07/30/1985US4531783 Stability control in underground workings adjacent an in situ oil shale retort
07/09/1985CA1190139A1 Method for mining and reclaiming land
06/1985
06/11/1985US4522448 Method and apparatus for reclamation by reducing highwalls to gradable rubble at augered or longwalled mining sites
06/04/1985US4520880 Automatic stone cutter
04/1985
04/23/1985US4512610 Mining system
03/1985
03/26/1985US4506931 Method and apparatus for mining
03/20/1985EP0057711B1 Mineral winning machine and system
03/19/1985US4505516 Hydrocarbon fuel recovery
03/12/1985CA1183909A1 Rf applicator for in situ heating
03/05/1985US4502733 Oil mining configuration
02/1985
02/12/1985US4498706 Solution mining of trona or nahcolite ore with aqueous NaOH and HCl solvents
02/12/1985US4498391 Explosive mine breaking apparatus with arc-suppressing heat-dissipating fluid around the charge bodies
02/05/1985US4497635 Sulfur remelting
01/1985
01/29/1985US4496191 Selective mining from horizontal holes
01/29/1985CA1181774A1 Method of open cut mining
01/22/1985CA1181438A1 Method of and apparatus for hydraulic mining
12/1984
12/04/1984CA1178979A1 Mining method
11/1984
11/06/1984US4480872 Modified strip mining apparatus
10/1984
10/23/1984US4478457 Longwall mining apparatus for working thick seams
10/02/1984US4474506 Method for constructing in rock storage locations for liquid products, for example oil products
09/1984
09/04/1984CA1173875A1 Insulating pipe joint
08/1984
08/28/1984CA1173464A1 Method for opening mineral deposit and subsequent mining thereof
08/21/1984US4466669 Method of open cut mining
08/21/1984US4466668 Method of forming an in situ oil shale retort in formation with joints
08/07/1984US4463987 System for undersea recovery of hydrocarbons
07/1984
07/31/1984US4462713 Method for mining and reclaiming land
07/17/1984US4460218 Characterization of in situ oil shale retorts prior to ignition
07/17/1984CA1170980A1 Method of recovering viscous petroleum employing heated subsurface perforated casing containing a movable diverter
07/17/1984CA1170977A1 Method for underground gasification of solid fuels
07/10/1984US4458948 Horizontal free face blasting for minimizing channeling and mounding in situ retort with cusp at intermediate elevation
07/10/1984US4458947 Mining method
07/10/1984US4458946 Secondary oil shale recovery technique
07/10/1984US4458945 Oil recovery mining method and apparatus
07/10/1984US4458944 Fragmentation, explosive expansion; oxygenation
06/1984
06/12/1984US4453770 Mining method and system
06/12/1984US4453769 In situ oil shale retort having horizontal voids with side pillars
06/05/1984US4452689 Huff and puff process for retorting oil shale
06/05/1984US4452489 Multiple level methane drainage shaft method
05/1984
05/29/1984CA1168282A1 Electrode device for electrically heating underground deposits of hydrocarbons
05/08/1984US4447090 Drilling blast and vent holes, detonation of explosives
05/08/1984US4446921 Treatment with supercritical gas
05/01/1984US4445723 Method of circle mining of ore
04/1984
04/24/1984US4444278 Rotatable drilling head
04/10/1984US4441616 Process for sorting coarse to fine materials according to their chemical composition
04/10/1984CA1165360A1 Electrode device for electrically heating underground deposits of hydrocarbons
04/03/1984US4440449 Molding pillars in underground mining of oil shale
04/03/1984US4440448 Method for opening mineral deposit and subsequent mining thereof
04/03/1984US4440446 Method for forming a module of in situ oil shale retorts
04/03/1984US4440445 Fluid outlet at the bottom of an in situ oil shale retort
04/03/1984US4440444 Method for controlling void in an in situ oil shale retort
03/1984
03/20/1984US4437706 Hydraulic mining of tar sands with submerged jet erosion
03/06/1984US4435017 In situ oil shale retort with differing upper and lower void fractions
02/1984
02/28/1984US4433724 In an oil well
02/14/1984US4431341 Construction of a concrete lined chamber
01/1984
01/10/1984US4425057 Method of mining
01/03/1984US4423908 Formation of an in situ oil shale retort with control of mounding
01/03/1984US4423907 In situ recovery of shale oil
12/1983
12/06/1983CA1158155A1 Thermal recovery of viscous hydrocarbons using arrays of radially spaced horizontal wells
11/1983
11/15/1983US4415295 Mineral mining installations
11/15/1983US4415207 Underspoil slurry haulage
09/1983
09/06/1983US4402552 Open surface flotation method for extracted crude oil
09/06/1983US4402550 Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort with controlled seismic vibration
08/1983
08/23/1983US4400035 Process for the extraction of thick coal seams
08/16/1983CA1152114A1 Method of selective underground mining and stabilization of rock cavities
08/09/1983US4397502 Two-pass method for developing a system of in situ oil shale retorts
08/02/1983US4396231 Horizontal free face blasting for minimizing channeling and mounding
08/02/1983CA1151063A1 Enhanced oil recovery employing blend of carbon dioxide, inert gas and intermediate hydrocarbons
07/1983
07/19/1983US4393934 Conditioning a coal seam prior to in-situ gasification
07/05/1983US4391470 Method of, and apparatus for, winning mineral material
07/05/1983US4391467 System for producing a uniform rubble bed for in situ processes
06/1983
06/29/1983EP0024418B1 Process for sorting coarse-to-fine material according to the chemical composition thereof
05/1983
05/31/1983US4385784 Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort
05/17/1983US4383715 Wall brush
04/1983
04/26/1983US4381124 Method of mining an oil deposit
04/26/1983CA1145367A1 Underspoil slurry haulage
04/12/1983US4379593 Rubblizing to produce a plurality of stopes
04/12/1983US4379592 Method of mining an oil-bearing bed with bottom water
04/12/1983US4379590 Ventilation air and process air distribution for in situ oil shale retorts
04/05/1983US4378949 Production of shale oil by in-situ retorting of oil shale
04/05/1983CA1144191A2 Open pit mining for tar sands
04/05/1983CA1144103A1 Method and apparatus for underground working of ore deposits
03/1983
03/29/1983US4378132 Mining method and apparatus
03/22/1983US4377353 Method of selective underground mining and stabilization of rock cavities
03/22/1983US4377310 Method of underground working of ore deposits and handling ore
03/22/1983CA1143387A2 Open pit mining for tar sands
02/1983
02/17/1983WO1983000526A1 A method for constructing in rock storage locations for liquid products, for example oil products
02/08/1983US4372615 Method of rubbling oil shale
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