Subterranean cavity chimney development for connecting solution mined cavities

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4290650
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06063220

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Disclosed is a method of connecting two or more subterranean cavities in a deposit having a potassium chloride-rich stratum which contains sodium chloride and which is disposed above a potassium chloride-lean, sodium chloride-rich stratum. The method comprises drilling at least two adjacent wells into the sodium chloride-rich stratum, establishing a chimney filled with insulating fluid at the bottom of at least one of the wells, extracting ore from the potassium chloride-lean stratum with solvent, raising the roof of the cavities by incrementally raising the insulating fluid level and allowing the cavities to grow laterally until the cavities connect.

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  • PPG INDUSTRIES CANADA LTD.

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Thompson, Robert E Moose Jaw, CA 19 523

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