GB897566A - Improvements in or relating to the hydraulic mining of underground mineral deposits - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to the hydraulic mining of underground mineral deposits

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Publication number
GB897566A
GB897566A GB2458560A GB2458560A GB897566A GB 897566 A GB897566 A GB 897566A GB 2458560 A GB2458560 A GB 2458560A GB 2458560 A GB2458560 A GB 2458560A GB 897566 A GB897566 A GB 897566A
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formation
wells
deposit
mining
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GB2458560A
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Carl Andrew Bays
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FMC Corp
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FMC Corp
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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
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/28—Dissolving minerals other than hydrocarbons, e.g. by an alkaline or acid leaching agent
    • E21B43/283—Dissolving minerals other than hydrocarbons, e.g. by an alkaline or acid leaching agent in association with a fracturing process

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
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  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Drilling And Exploitation, And Mining Machines And Methods (AREA)

Abstract

897,566. Mineral-mining. FMC CORPORATION. July 14, 1960, No. 24585/60. Class 68(1). A method of mining underground deposits removable in liquid form complises drilling a pair of wells A, B into the deposit formation 10, applying a fracturing fluid under pressure to the formation adjacent at least one of the wells to fracture the deposit formation between the wells, displacing the fracturing fluid with an aqueous liquid under pressure to dissolve or melt and transport the deposit in liquid form to a well for removal from the formation 10, said aqueous liquid being maintained under sufficient pressure to prevent resettling of the formation until the passage between the wells is sufficiently enlarged as not to be closable when the formation is then returned to the normal environmental pressures.
GB2458560A 1960-07-14 1960-07-14 Improvements in or relating to the hydraulic mining of underground mineral deposits Expired GB897566A (en)

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Cited By (3)

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US8678513B2 (en) 2008-08-01 2014-03-25 Solvay Chemicals, Inc. Traveling undercut solution mining systems and methods
EP2924233A1 (en) 2014-03-14 2015-09-30 Solvay SA Multi-well solution mining exploitation of an evaporite mineral stratum
US9638017B2 (en) 2012-10-25 2017-05-02 Solvay Sa Batch solution mining using lithological displacement of an evaporite mineral stratum and mineral dissolution with stationary solvent

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8678513B2 (en) 2008-08-01 2014-03-25 Solvay Chemicals, Inc. Traveling undercut solution mining systems and methods
US9234416B2 (en) 2008-08-01 2016-01-12 Solvay Chemicals, Inc. Traveling undercut solution mining systems and methods
US9581006B2 (en) 2008-08-01 2017-02-28 Solvay Chemicals, Inc. Traveling undercut solution mining systems and methods
US9638017B2 (en) 2012-10-25 2017-05-02 Solvay Sa Batch solution mining using lithological displacement of an evaporite mineral stratum and mineral dissolution with stationary solvent
EP2924233A1 (en) 2014-03-14 2015-09-30 Solvay SA Multi-well solution mining exploitation of an evaporite mineral stratum
US9879516B2 (en) 2014-03-14 2018-01-30 Solvay Sa Multi-well solution mining exploitation of an evaporite mineral stratum
EP3404201A1 (en) 2014-03-14 2018-11-21 Solvay Sa Multi-well solution mining exploitation of an evaporite mineral stratum
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