Microwave Technology – the New Fracking?

[Locutus]

Energy independence in the United States of America has long been the dream of many while, at the same time, a nightmare to others. Because of the vast demand for oil in the U.S., America has relied on purchasing oil from countries that are not necessarily aligned with our political ideology, and that is quite an understatement. What if there was a way to change all that and for the U.S. to truly become energy independent? 2017 could quite possibly usher in the next giant leap towards U.S. energy independence––Microwave technology, the latest ‘next big thing’ since the onset of hydraulic fracturing.

Developed by Qmast LLC, microwave technology is used for the extraction of oil shale, which is different from shale oil. Oil shale is found in rock formations that contain kerogen. One of the current extraction methods of kerogen has been strip mining because these are shallow formations. The extracted rock is then crushed and heated to high temperatures to liquefy the oil.

Qmast’s method concentrates a microwave beam equivalent to about 500 household microwaves to heat up an area that reaches approximately 80 feet from the wellbore. The crude oil then flows freely to the wellbore.

The “microwave fracking method” has piqued the interest of environmentalists for several reasons.


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Microwave Technology - the New Fracking?

 

[petros]

I like scaled down Cold War tech. It's groovy.

 

[Curious Cdn]

I like scaled down Cold War tech. It's groovy.

It started out as a death ray experiment?

 

[petros]

Nope. A few gigwatts of EM in a concentrated beam. Earthquakes. Try it yourself and see how it works but ask your mom first if it's okay to put a rock in her microwave.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Nope. A few gigwatts of EM in a concentrated beam. Earthquakes. Try it yourself and see how it works but ask your mom first if it's okay to put a rock in her microwave.

Extrapolating ... Could solar flares therefore cause earthquakes? Not coherent enough?

 

[petros]

Rock is wet. Heated water expands with incredible force. It's what causes volcanoes along subduction zones to go kaboom. When St Helens blew it was super heated steam that sent 1/3 if the mountain into the air.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Rock is wet. Heated water expands with incredible force. It's what causes volcanoes along subduction zones to go kaboom. When St Helens blew it was super heated steam that sent 1/3 if the mountain into the air.

Sooo yes?