Patent ID: 7810565

Claim:
A portable apparatus adapted to extract fluid from a planet's subsurface, comprising: a chassis adapted to support a fuel reformer, a compressor, a gas injection unit, and a gas capture system; the fuel reformer, adapted to react a fuel with water, in an absence of air, to produce a driver gas mixture including at least carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas, wherein sufficient water is provided to ensure that a majority of the fuel reforms directly into the carbon dioxide gas and the hydrogen gas; the compressor, adapted to compress a portion of the carbon dioxide gas and a portion of the hydrogen gas; the gas injection unit, adapted to inject the portion of the carbon dioxide gas and the portion of the hydrogen gas compressed by the compressor into a subsurface reservoir; the gas capture unit, adapted to recapture a portion of the carbon dioxide gas and the hydrogen gas, that emerges from the subsurface with the fluid; and a gas injection line, operatively connected to the gas injection unit, and adapted to feed the portion of the carbon dioxide gas and the portion of the hydrogen gas, with substantially no oxygen, to a predetermined depth within the subsurface reservoir, wherein the recaptured carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas are compressed by the compressor and injected by the gas injection unit back into the subsurface reservoir.