ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,122, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Wellhead container for a geothermal system" was invented by Sylvain Thierry (Clamart, France), Matthieu Simon (Clamart, France), Cindy Demichel (Clamart, France) and Marco Alioto (Clamart, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wellhead container for a geothermal system includes a base configured to engage a bottom of a recess within a ground. The recess extends vertically from the bottom of the recess to a surface of the ground, the base includes at least one first opening, and the at least one first opening is configured to receive a drilli...