Hydrocarbon fuel recovery
OwnerRobert H. Sheltoninventor
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Abstract
A system for the extraction of a hydrocarbon fuel from a hydrocarbon fuel-bearing ore comprising means for mining the ore, a plurality of portative retorts for processing the mined ore to produce a hydrocarbon fuel, means for transporting the mined ore to each of said retorts, means coupled to said transport means for regulating the amount of ore transported to a respective retort, and at least one storage device coupled to the retorts for collecting and storing the hydrocarbon fuel. Also disclosed is the method of extracting a hydrocarbon fuel from a hydrocarbon fuel-bearing ore comprising the steps of mining the ore, transporting the ore to a plurality of portative retorts in which the ore is processed to produce a hydrocarbon fuel fluid, and moving the retorts in consonance with movement of the mining of said ore.
Claims13
A system for extraction of a hydrocarbon fuel from a hydrocarbon fuel-bearing ore comprising:
- a. means for mining the ore,
- b. a plurality of separately and individually portative retorts for processing said ore to produce a hydrocarbon fuel,
- c. means for selectively and separately transporting said mined ore to each of said retorts,
- d. means coupled to said transport means for selectively and separately regulating the amount of ore transported to a respective retort, and
- e. at least one storage device coupled to said retorts for collecting and storing said hydrocarbon fuel.
An underground mining system for extraction of a hydrocarbon fuel from an underground hydrocarbon fuel-bearing ore comprising:
- (a) means located underground to form a chamber and to mine the ore,
- (b) a plurality of portative retorts in said chamber for processing said ore to produce a hydrocarbon fuel,
- (c) means located underground for transporting said mined ore to each of said retorts,
- (d) means coupled to said transport means for regulating the amount of ore transported to a respective retort, and
- (e) at least one storage device located in said chamber or above ground and coupled to said retorts for collecting and storing said hydrocarbon fuel.
A system for extraction of oil from an oil-bearing shale comprising:
- a. means for mining the oil-bearing shale,
- b. a plurality of separately and individually portative retorts for pyrolyzing said oil-bearing shale to produce oil-bearing fluid,
- c. means for selectively and individually transporting said mined oil-bearing shale to each of said retorts,
- d. means coupled to said transport means for selectively and separately regulating the amount of shale transported to a respective retort,
- e. at least one storage device coupled to said retorts for collecting and storing said oil-bearing fluid.
A method of extracting oil from oil-bearing shale comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming an underground chamber in a vein of oil-bearing shale,
- (b) mining the shale in said vein,
- (c) conveying said mined shale to a plurality of portative retorts of a size to fit in and located in said chamber,
- (d) processing said shale in said retorts to produce an oil-bearing fluid, and
- (e) moving the retorts in consonance with movement of mining of said shale.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.