Patents by Inventor Geoff W. Fanning

Geoff W. Fanning 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).

  • Method for making a well for removing fluid from a desired subterranean formation
    Patent number: 6932168
    Abstract: An improved method for making a well for removing fluid from a desired subterranean formation. This invention provides for a method for making a well for removing fluid from a desired subterranean formation having an interface zone. The interface zone is coupled to a main directional well bore that extends from a top surface at ground level into the desired subterranean formation. A lateral well bore is also coupled to the interface zone. A directional sump bore is also coupled to the interface zone and the directional sump bore extends from the interface zone to a point below the interface zone. There is also a means for moving fluid from the directional sump bore through the main directional well bore to the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: CNX Gas Company, LLC
    Inventors: Claude Morgan, Geoff W. Fanning, Joseph P. Aman, Brian Varcoe, Robert Kolkmeier, Robert Stayton, Richard L. Toothman
  • Method for making a well for removing fluid from a desired subterranean formation
    Publication number: 20040226719
    Abstract: An improved method for making a well for removing fluid from a desired subterranean formation. This invention provides for a method for making a well for removing fluid from a desired subterranean formation having an interface zone. The interface zone is coupled to a main directional well bore that extends from a top surface at ground level into the desired subterranean formation. A lateral well bore is also coupled to the interface zone. A directional sump bore is also coupled to the interface zone and the directional sump bore extends from the interface zone to a point below the interface zone. There is also a means for moving fluid from the directional sump bore through the main directional well bore to the top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Claude Morgan, Geoff W. Fanning, Joseph P. Aman, Brian Varcoe, Robert Kolkmeier, Robert Stayton, Richard L. Toothman