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Method and system for subsurface resource production

  • US 10,641,073 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2015
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of generating an electric arc within a well drilled into a given geological formation, the method comprising steps of:

  • a. situating a surface-based electrical power source system (PPS) adjacent a wellbore having a surface, wherein the PPS comprises a primary power source;

    b. positioning a plasma emitter tool (PET) in the wellbore at a point in the geological formation, wherein the PET is coupled to a distal end of a tubular extending downwardly from the surface of the wellbore, the tubular including a tubular wall;

    c. generating electrical energy from the PPS;

    d. storing said electrical energy in the PPS; and

    e. transmitting said electrical energy via pulses of electrical energy surge current through the tubular wall from the PPS to the PET, such that electromagnetic, acoustic, and hydrodynamic energy waves are transmitted from the PET.

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