Electrolinking by impulse voltages
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1. A PROCESS OF LINKING UNDERGROUND ELECTRODES CONTACTING A SINGLE OIL BEARING EARTH FORMATION COMPRISING RUNNING A PAIR OF WELL BORES INTO THE EARTH FORMATION, CONNECTING A PAIR OF CURRENT CONCENTRATING ELECTRODES INTO THE EARTH FORMATION IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER, CONNECTING A HIGH VOLTAGE IMPULSE GENERATOR TO SAID ELECTRODES, AND APPLYING A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SEQUENTIAL HIGH VOLTAGE AND HIGH ENERGY ELECTRICAL IMPULSES TO SAID ELECTRODES THAT SUCH PHYSICAL SHOCKS ARE PRODUCED IN THE EARTH FORMATION NEXT SAID ELECTRODES AS ARE SUFFICIENT TO CRACK SUBSTANTIALLY THE EARTH FORMATION THEREAT THE VOLTAGE OF SAID IMPULSES OF THE ORDER OF 150 KILOVOLTS.
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1. A PROCESS OF LINKING UNDERGROUND ELECTRODES CONTACTING A SINGLE OIL BEARING EARTH FORMATION COMPRISING RUNNING A PAIR OF WELL BORES INTO THE EARTH FORMATION, CONNECTING A PAIR OF CURRENT CONCENTRATING ELECTRODES INTO THE EARTH FORMATION IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER, CONNECTING A HIGH VOLTAGE IMPULSE GENERATOR TO SAID ELECTRODES, AND APPLYING A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SEQUENTIAL HIGH VOLTAGE AND HIGH ENERGY ELECTRICAL IMPULSES TO SAID ELECTRODES THAT SUCH PHYSICAL SHOCKS ARE PRODUCED IN THE EARTH FORMATION NEXT SAID ELECTRODES AS ARE SUFFICIENT TO CRACK SUBSTANTIALLY THE EARTH FORMATION THEREAT THE VOLTAGE OF SAID IMPULSES OF THE ORDER OF 150 KILOVOLTS.
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