A spallation drilling apparatus is also disclosed that uses jets of hot fluid for drilling. This is compatible with drilling wells in high temperature zones, such as a lava dome. A simplified pyrolysis reactor for use in a lava dome is also disclosed, in which the dome functions to contain the reaction, and the apparatus to facilitate pyrolysis is far more compact.

A spallation drilling apparatus is also disclosed that uses jets of hot fluid for drilling. This is compatible with drilling wells in high temperature zones, such as a lava dome. A simplified pyrolysis reactor for use in a lava dome is also disclosed, in which the dome functions to contain the reaction, and the apparatus to facilitate pyrolysis is far more compact.

A spallation drilling apparatus is also disclosed that uses jets of hot fluid for drilling. This is compatible with drilling wells in high temperature zones, such as a lava dome. A simplified pyrolysis reactor for use in a lava dome is also disclosed, in which the dome functions to contain the reaction, and the apparatus to facilitate pyrolysis is far more compact.

A spallation drilling apparatus is also disclosed that uses jets of hot fluid for drilling. This is compatible with drilling wells in high temperature zones, such as a lava dome. A simplified pyrolysis reactor for use in a lava dome is also disclosed, in which the dome functions to contain the reaction, and the apparatus to facilitate pyrolysis is far more compact.

An oxidant injection device for an underground coal gasification process includes an oxidant pathway which includes a swivel joint, coiled tubing, and a mechanical shear-off device which are in gas tight connection with each other in that sequence. Attached to the mechanical shear-off device is an oxidant nozzle, wherein the shear-off device is adapted to shear the oxidant nozzle to allow retraction of the coiled tubing when necessary, and wherein the swivel joint causes the surface oxidant source to be in gas tight connection with the coiled tubing reel center shaft, thereby allowing continuous oxidant injection during the process of moving the oxidant nozzle via the movement of the coiled tubing when rotating the coiled tubing reel.

An oxidant injection device for an underground coal gasification process includes an oxidant pathway which includes a swivel joint, coiled tubing, and a mechanical shear-off device which are in gas tight connection with each other in that sequence. Attached to the mechanical shear-off device is an oxidant nozzle, wherein the shear-off device is adapted to shear the oxidant nozzle to allow retraction of the coiled tubing when necessary, and wherein the swivel joint causes the surface oxidant source to be in gas tight connection with the coiled tubing reel center shaft, thereby allowing continuous oxidant injection during the process of moving the oxidant nozzle via the movement of the coiled tubing when rotating the coiled tubing reel.

A geothermal reservoir induces gasification and water gas shift reactions to generate hydrogen. The hydrogen or protons are produced to surface by using hydrogen-only or proton-only membranes in production wells. Energy from the reservoir is produced to surface as protons or hydrogen.

Methods of natural gas production and carbon sequestration are provided. The method includes delivering a feedstock downhole to a coal reservoir, generating biogas within the coal reservoir, and harvesting the biogas. Another method for tracing the migration of biogas in a coal reservoir includes delivering a feedstock downhole to a coal reservoir, generating biogas that is isotopically differentiable from a background gas within the coal reservoir through microbial action, harvesting the biogas, analyzing the biogas from the coal reservoir at the injection well and at one or more offset wells within the same coal reservoir, detecting the biogas at the offset wells using isotopic differentiation, and mapping the migration of the biogas from the injection well to the offset wells using the biogas as an isotopic tracer.

Methods of natural gas production and carbon sequestration are provided. The method includes delivering a feedstock downhole to a coal reservoir, generating biogas within the coal reservoir, and harvesting the biogas. Another method for tracing the migration of biogas in a coal reservoir includes delivering a feedstock downhole to a coal reservoir, generating biogas that is isotopically differentiable from a background gas within the coal reservoir through microbial action, harvesting the biogas, analyzing the biogas from the coal reservoir at the injection well and at one or more offset wells within the same coal reservoir, detecting the biogas at the offset wells using isotopic differentiation, and mapping the migration of the biogas from the injection well to the offset wells using the biogas as an isotopic tracer.

An efficient gas hydrate production system using flue gas waste heat/solar absorption heat pump to compensate reservoir heat, includes a heat source absorption system, heat pump heating system and reservoir heat compensation system. The invention uses the low-grade heat energy of offshore platform to solve the problems of heat source and energy consumption in the process of natural gas hydrate exploitation. It provides a commercial feasible scheme for large-scale exploitation of natural gas hydrate. The condenser module, evaporator module and injection well module of the invention can be flexibly increased or decreased, and can adapt to a variety of actual hydrate reservoir distribution; the injection well module adopts ball-nozzle, which can disperse and evenly inject the hot injected water into the reservoir, which is convenient for the rapid and effective transfer of reservoir heat and improves the speed of reservoir heat compensation.