Title:
TESTING SUBTERRANEAN WATER FOR A HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIAL REPOSITORY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/205084
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Techniques for determining the suitability of a subterranean formation as a hazardous waste repository include determining a concentration of at least one noble gas isotope of a plurality of noble gas isotopes in fluid sample from a subterranean formation below a terranean surface; determining a produced amount of the at least one noble gas isotope in the subterranean formation based on a production rate of the at least one noble gas isotope and a minimum residence time; calculating a ratio of the determined concentration of the at least one noble gas isotope in the fluid sample to the determined produced amount of the at least one noble gas isotope; and based on the calculated ratio being at or near a threshold value, determining that the subterranean formation is suitable as a hazardous waste repository.
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Inventors:
MULLER RICHARD A (US)
GRIMSICH JOHN LINUS (US)
GRIMSICH JOHN LINUS (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/019231
Publication Date:
December 17, 2020
Filing Date:
February 21, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DEEP ISOLATION INC (US)
International Classes:
E21B49/08; E21B41/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2018226636A1 | 2018-12-13 |
Foreign References:
| US20140260528A1 | 2014-09-18 | |||
| US20040247396A1 | 2004-12-09 | |||
| US4844807A | 1989-07-04 | |||
| US20180182505A1 | 2018-06-28 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WERNLI, Matthew K. (US)
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