Inventors
Harold J Vinegar, Eric Pierre De Rouffignac, John Michael Karanikas, Kevin Albert Maher, Meliha Deniz Sumnu-Dindoruk, Scott Lee Wellington, Steven Dexter Crane, Margaret Ann Messier, Bruce Edmunds Roberts
Publication date
2006/6/27
Patent office
US
Patent number
7066254
Application number
10279225
Description
An in situ process for treating a tar sands formation is provided. The process may include providing heat from one or more heaters to at least a portion of the formation. The heat may be allowed to transfer from the one or more heaters to a part of the formation such that heat from the one or more heat sources pyrolyzes at least some hydrocarbons within the part. Hydrocarbons may be produced from the formation.
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HJ Vinegar, EP De Rouffignac, JM Karanikas… - US Patent 7,066,254, 2006