Patent ID: 8523481
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering gas to an automobile, which comprises the steps of: (a) transferring gas from a producing well to a first subterranean capacitor and storing the gas in said capacitor; (b) loading the gas from the first subterranean capacitor into a tanker at a rate that would be effective to load 300 mcf of gas to a pressure of at least about 3,000 psi in thirty minutes or less; (c) transferring the gas from the tanker to a second subterranean capacitor; and (d) loading the gas from the second subterranean capacitor into a tank of the automobile at a rate of at least about 1 mcf per minute, to a final pressure of at least about 3000 psi, wherein the tank is a container housed within or connected to the automobile from which gas is withdrawn for providing combustible fuel to an engine of the automobile.