Patents by Inventor Mark W. Hooper

Mark W. Hooper 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 using salt deposits for storage
    Patent number: 4488834
    Abstract: A method for developing, evacuating, using, sealing, and re-entering multiple stacked cavities which are created from a single well in salt deposits. The cavities are created in a salt deposit by circulating raw water through concentric casing strings in the well. Each of the cavities is evacuated of liquids prior to use. After storage material is injected into a cavity, the cavity is sealed by setting a plug in the well bore above the top of the cavity. The cavities may be re-entered by drilling out the plug or by drilling a directional well directly into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Assignee: Empak, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Hooper, Edward J. Voorhees