ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,134, issued on July 8.
"System and method for permanent storage of carbon dioxide in shale reservoirs" was invented by John F. Thrash (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a system, method and apparatus for the removal of natural gas/methane from in situ loci within shale reservoirs to (i) provide fully de-carbonized surplus electricity, and (ii) power re-injection of the resulting carbon formed (CO.sub.2) upon combustion in an electric generator along with large volumes of atmospheric CO.sub.2, such as for large scale removal of CO.sub.2 from the Earth's surface/atmosphere."
The patent was filed on ...