GB2086416B - Method of producing a gas with a high hydrogen content by subterranean gasification of coal - Google Patents

Method of producing a gas with a high hydrogen content by subterranean gasification of coal

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GB2086416B
GB2086416B GB8130692A GB8130692A GB2086416B GB 2086416 B GB2086416 B GB 2086416B GB 8130692 A GB8130692 A GB 8130692A GB 8130692 A GB8130692 A GB 8130692A GB 2086416 B GB2086416 B GB 2086416B
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B36/00—Heating, cooling, insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
    • E21B36/001—Cooling arrangements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
    • E21B43/243—Combustion in situ
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/34—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well
    • E21B43/40—Separation associated with re-injection of separated materials

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GB8130692A 1980-10-13 1981-10-12 Method of producing a gas with a high hydrogen content by subterranean gasification of coal Expired GB2086416B (en)

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BE6/47289A BE885682A (en) 1980-10-13 1980-10-13 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A HIGH HYDROGEN GAS BY SUBTERRANEAN COAL GASIFICATION

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