Inventors
Harold J Vinegar, Ilya Emil Berchenko, Eric P De Rouffignac, Thomas David Fowler, Robert Charles Ryan, Scott Lee Wellington, Etuan Zhang
Publication date
2006/7/18
Patent office
US
Patent number
7077199
Application number
10279230
Description
An in situ process for treating an oil containing 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, IE Berchenko, EP De Rouffignac… - US Patent 7,077,199, 2006