Patents by Inventor Benjamin Chris Smith

Benjamin Chris Smith 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).

  • Detecting entry into and drilling through a magma reservoir
    Patent number: 12291965
    Abstract: A method for preparing a geothermal system involves preparing a wellbore that extends into an underground magma reservoir. Characteristics of the drilling process and the borehole are monitored to detect when the magma reservoir is reached, such that specially configured drilling operations can be performed to drill to a target depth within the magma reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: EnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Chris Smith, James Michael Browning, Randall Howard Hornbaker, Kevin Martin Stone, Georgios Evangelatos, Shamsul Abedin Al-Tomal, Andrew Nguyen
  • DETECTING ENTRY INTO AND DRILLING THROUGH A MAGMA RESERVOIR
    Publication number: 20250084702
    Abstract: A method for preparing a geothermal system involves preparing a wellbore that extends into an underground magma reservoir. Characteristics of the drilling process and the borehole are monitored to detect when the magma reservoir is reached, such that specially configured drilling operations can be performed to drill to a target depth within the magma reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Benjamin Chris Smith, James Michael Browning, Randall Howard Hornbaker, Kevin Martin Stone, Georgios Evangelatos, Shamsul Abedin Al-Tomal, Andrew Nguyen
  • TUBING ANCHOR RECEPTACLE FOR A MAGMA WELLBORE
    Publication number: 20250035343
    Abstract: A tubing is anchored in a boiler casing positioned in a borehole that extends into a magma reservoir. The tubing may include a notch that is secured to a tubing anchor receptacle of the boiler casing. The boiler casing may include a float shoe that helps to prevent or restrict the flow of magma from the magma reservoir into the boiler casing and tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin Martin Stone, Benjamin Chris Smith, James Michael Browning, Shamsul Abedin Al-Tomal, Andrew Nguyen
  • TUBING ANCHOR FOR A MAGMA WELLBORE
    Publication number: 20250034954
    Abstract: A tubing is anchored in a boiler casing positioned in a borehole that extends into a magma reservoir. The tubing may include a notch that is secured to a tubing anchor receptacle of the boiler casing. The boiler casing may include a float shoe that helps to prevent or restrict the flow of magma from the magma reservoir into the boiler casing and tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin Martin Stone, Benjamin Chris Smith, James Michael Browning, Shamsul Abedin Al-Tomal, Andrew Nguyen
  • Drilling a wellbore into a magma reservoir
    Patent number: 12180820
    Abstract: A method for preparing a geothermal system involves preparing a wellbore that extends into an underground magma reservoir. Characteristics of the drilling process and the borehole are monitored to detect when the magma reservoir is reached, such that specially configured drilling operations can be performed to drill to a target depth within the magma reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: EnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Chris Smith, James Michael Browning, Randall Howard Hornbaker, Kevin Martin Stone, Georgios Evangelatos, Shamsul Abedin Al-Tomal, Andrew Nguyen
  • Float shoe for a magma wellbore
    Patent number: 12060765
    Abstract: A tubing is anchored in a boiler casing positioned in a borehole that extends into a magma reservoir. The tubing may include a notch that is secured to a tubing anchor receptacle of the boiler casing. The boiler casing may include a float shoe that helps to prevent or restrict the flow of magma from the magma reservoir into the boiler casing and tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: EnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Martin Stone, Benjamin Chris Smith, James Michael Browning, Shamsul Abedin Al-Tomal, Andrew Nguyen
  • Detecting entry into and drilling through a magma/rock transition zone
    Patent number: 11905814
    Abstract: A method for preparing a geothermal system involves preparing a wellbore that extends into an underground magma reservoir. Characteristics of the drilling process and the borehole are monitored to detect when the magma reservoir is reached, such that specially configured drilling operations can be performed to drill to a target depth within the magma reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Chris Smith, James Michael Browning, Randall Howard Hornbaker, Kevin Martin Stone, Georgios Evangelatos, Shamsul Abedin Al-Tomal, Andrew Nguyen