Patent ID: 7056062

Claim:
A process for subterranean waste disposal and processing within a spent oil well, said process comprising the steps of: 1) providing a sealed, empty, subterranean, spent oil well containing halophilic, thermophilic, and methanogenic microbes therein; 2) providing a waste receiving and processing system, said waste receiving and processing system comprising a series of buildings and plants in operative communication with one another and a series of pipes operatively connecting said buildings and plants of the waste receiving and processing system to said subterranean spent oil well, said waste receiving and processing system having: a) a waste receiving and mechanical processing plant, b) a pumping plant, and c) a redox tank, and d) an equipment housing building, 3) receiving and mechanically pulverizing waste and treating said waste such that it is transformed into slurry; 4) disposing of said slurry in said spent oil well; and 5) subjecting said slurry to said microbes to produce gases.