Patent ID: 8333883

Claim:
An electrolytic method for extracting components from a subsurface strata comprising: providing a carrier fluid; providing a pair of electrodes within a container, the container having a first outlet located proximal to a first electrode of the pair of electrodes and a second outlet located proximal to a second electrode of the pair of electrodes; flowing the carrier fluid through the container; applying a potential to the pair of electrodes to produce a first ionized carrier fluid and a second ionized carrier fluid in the container; removing the first ionized carrier fluid from the container through the first outlet and the second ionized carrier fluid from the container through the second outlet; injecting at least one of the first ionized carrier fluid and the second ionized carrier fluid into the subsurface strata to release the components; and recovering the at least one of the first ionized carrier fluid and the second ionized carrier fluid and the components from the subsurface strata.