US Patent Issued to EnhancedGEO Holdings on May 27 for "Magma wellbore with directional drilling" (Florida, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,962, issued on May 27, was assigned to EnhancedGEO Holdings LLC (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

"Magma wellbore with directional drilling" was invented by Greg Lindberg (Thonotosassa, Fla.) and Kimberly C. Conner (Wetumpka, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for forming a wellbore extending from a surface into an underground reservoir of magma. The method includes drilling a primary borehole from the surface into the underground reservoir of magma and drilling a secondary borehole extending from the primary borehole and further into the underground reservoir of magma."

The patent was filed on May 10, 2023, under Applic...