Inventors
Scott Lee Wellington, Harold J Vinegar, Eric Pierre De Rouffignac, Gordon Thomas Shahin Jr, John Michael Karanikas, Ilya Emil Berchenko, George Leo Stegemeier, Etuan Zhang, Thomas David Fowler, Robert Charles Ryan
Publication date
2004/2/10
Patent office
US
Patent number
6688387
Application number
09841432
Description
A hydrocarbon containing formation may be treated using an in situ thermal process. Hydrocarbons, H 2, and/or other formation fluids may be produced from the formation. Heat may be applied to the formation to raise a temperature of a portion of the formation to a pyrolysis temperature. Heat input into the formation may be controlled to raise a temperature of the formation at a selected rate.
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Scholar articles
SL Wellington, HJ Vinegar, EP De Rouffignac… - US Patent 6,688,387, 2004