US Patent Issued to Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College on Jan. 20 for "System and method for using controlled fractures in enhanced geothermal systems" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,296, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, La.).

"System and method for using controlled fractures in enhanced geothermal systems" was invented by Olufemi M. Olorode (Baton Rouge, La.) and Harun U. Rashid (Baton Rouge, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various approaches for using controlled fractures in geothermal systems. In some examples, a method includes drilling at least one injection well bore. The method can also include cutting at least a first slot at an angle to the injection well bore, where the first slot ...