Patents by Inventor Porter James Underwood

Porter James Underwood has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Engineered, scalable underground storage system and method
    Patent number: 8277145
    Abstract: An engineered, scalable underground containment system and method for storing compressed gases or liquids in permeable rock formations using conventional drilling techniques. The porosity and permeability of the formation may be enhanced to maximize reservoir capacity and increase the rate at which gases and liquids can be introduced into and removed from the reservoir. In some embodiments, layers of cap rock in the formation are utilized as containment barriers, and in some, containment barriers are constructed around the storage zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: SEQEnergy, LLC
    Inventors: Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson, III, Robert Wayne Dickinson, Oliver Douglas Ousterhout, Lawrence Joseph Musetti, Porter James Underwood, Ali Daneshy
  • Engineered, scalable underground storage system and method
    Patent number: 8256991
    Abstract: An engineered, scalable underground containment system and method for storing compressed gases or liquids in permeable rock formations using conventional drilling techniques. The porosity and permeability of the formation may be enhanced to maximize reservoir capacity and increase the rate at which gases and liquids can be introduced into and removed from the reservoir. In some embodiments, layers of cap rock in the formation are utilized as containment barriers, and in some, containment barriers are constructed around the storage zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: SEQEnergy, LLC
    Inventors: Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson, III, Robert Wayne Dickinson, Oliver Douglas Ousterhout, Lawrence Joseph Musetti, Porter James Underwood, Ali Daneshy
  • Engineered, Scalable Underground Storage System and Method
    Publication number: 20100101789
    Abstract: An engineered, scalable underground containment system and method for storing compressed gases or liquids in permeable rock formations using conventional drilling techniques. The porosity and permeability of the formation may be enhanced to maximize reservoir capacity and increase the rate at which gases and liquids can be introduced into and removed from the reservoir. In some embodiments, layers of cap rock in the formation are utilized as containment barriers, and in some, containment barriers are constructed around the storage zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson, III, Robert Wayne Dickinson, Oliver Douglas Ousterhout, Lawrence Joseph Musetti, Porter James Underwood, Ali Daneshy
  • Engineered, Scalable Underground Storage System and Method
    Publication number: 20100098492
    Abstract: An engineered, scalable underground containment system and method for storing compressed gases or liquids in permeable rock formations using conventional drilling techniques. The porosity and permeability of the formation may be enhanced to maximize reservoir capacity and increase the rate at which gases and liquids can be introduced into and removed from the reservoir. In some embodiments, layers of cap rock in the formation are utilized as containment barriers, and in some, containment barriers are constructed around the storage zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Ben Wade Oakes Dickinson, III, Robert Wayne Dickinson, Oliver Douglas Ousterhout, Lawrence Joseph Musetti, Porter James Underwood, Ali Daneshy