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Two-level, horizontal free face mining system for in situ oil shale...
Patent number
4,611,856
Issue date
Sep 16, 1986
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Chang Y. Cha
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method for control of geometry of fragmented mass in an situ oil sh...
Patent number
4,560,205
Issue date
Dec 24, 1985
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method for explosively expanding a pillar
Patent number
4,560,206
Issue date
Dec 24, 1985
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method for forming uniform flow rubble bed
Patent number
4,533,181
Issue date
Aug 6, 1985
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Stability control in underground workings adjacent an in situ oil s...
Patent number
4,531,783
Issue date
Jul 30, 1985
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method for loading explosive charges into blastholes formed in a su...
Patent number
4,513,665
Issue date
Apr 30, 1985
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
F42 - AMMUNITION BLASTING
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Blasthole spacing for control of particle size
Patent number
4,489,983
Issue date
Dec 25, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method of forming an in situ oil shale retort in formation with joints
Patent number
4,466,668
Issue date
Aug 21, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Horizontal free face blasting for minimizing channeling and moundin...
Patent number
4,458,948
Issue date
Jul 10, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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In situ oil shale retort having horizontal voids with side pillars
Patent number
4,453,769
Issue date
Jun 12, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method for bulking full a retort
Patent number
4,449,753
Issue date
May 22, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort in differing grades...
Patent number
4,444,433
Issue date
Apr 24, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Explosive expansion of formation in lifts for forming an in situ oi...
Patent number
4,443,036
Issue date
Apr 17, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method for controlling void fraction distribution in an in situ oil...
Patent number
4,443,037
Issue date
Apr 17, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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In situ oil shale retort system
Patent number
4,441,759
Issue date
Apr 10, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Ned M. Hutchins
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Method for controlling void in an in situ oil shale retort
Patent number
4,440,444
Issue date
Apr 3, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort with explosive expan...
Patent number
4,440,447
Issue date
Apr 3, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
In situ oil shale retort with differing upper and lower void fractions
Patent number
4,435,017
Issue date
Mar 6, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Formation of an in situ oil shale retort with control of mounding
Patent number
4,423,908
Issue date
Jan 3, 1984
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort with controlled seis...
Patent number
4,402,550
Issue date
Sep 6, 1983
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Horizontal free face blasting for minimizing channeling and mounding
Patent number
4,396,231
Issue date
Aug 2, 1983
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Method of rubbling oil shale
Patent number
4,372,615
Issue date
Feb 8, 1983
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Temporary gas seal for gas level drift of an in situ oil shale retort
Patent number
4,370,003
Issue date
Jan 25, 1983
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Rudolph Kvapil
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort with horizontal free...
Patent number
4,366,987
Issue date
Jan 4, 1983
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method of bulking an in situ oil shale retort substantially full of...
Patent number
4,360,233
Issue date
Nov 23, 1982
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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In situ oil shale retort with non-uniformly distributed void fraction
Patent number
4,359,246
Issue date
Nov 16, 1982
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method of blasting pillars with vertical blastholes
Patent number
4,353,598
Issue date
Oct 12, 1982
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Downhole delay assembly for blasting with series delay
Patent number
4,347,789
Issue date
Sep 7, 1982
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
F42 - AMMUNITION BLASTING
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Cratering in the deep cratering region to form an in situ oil shale...
Patent number
4,336,966
Issue date
Jun 29, 1982
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method of uniform rubblization for limited void volume blasting
Patent number
4,333,684
Issue date
Jun 8, 1982
Occidental Oil Shale Inc.
Thomas E. Ricketts
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING