US 12,330,195 B2
In-situ mycoremediation system and process
John Gregg, Signal Hill, CA (US); Laura Gregg, Signal Hill, CA (US); and James Gregg, Signal Hill, CA (US)
Assigned to Seas Geosciences, LLC, Signal Hill, CA (US)
Filed by Gregg Drilling, LLC, Signal Hill, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,402.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,756, filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014538 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B09C 1/10 (2006.01); C02F 3/34 (2023.01); C02F 103/06 (2006.01)
CPC B09C 1/105 (2013.01) [C02F 3/347 (2013.01); B09C 2101/00 (2013.01); C02F 2103/06 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for in-situ mycoremediation, the process comprising:
driving one or more rod casings into a subsurface zone, the one or more rod casings including one or more orifices that are covered;
partially retracting the one or more rod casings to expose the one or more orifices;
forcibly injecting a fluid via the one or more orifices to initiate fracturing in the subsurface zone;
forcibly injecting a fungal and nutrient mixture via the one or more orifices into the subsurface zone; and
ventilating the subsurface zone with air via the one or more orifices to support a hyphal network of mycelium in the subsurface zone.