Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circulated heated transfer fluid systems used to treat a subsurface formation
- Patent Title (中): 用于处理地下地层的循环热传递流体系统
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Application No.: US12576707Application Date: 2009-10-09
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Publication No.: US08267185B2Publication Date: 2012-09-18
- Inventor: Ernesto Rafael Fonseca Ocampos , James Joseph Venditto , Renfeng Richard Cao , Ronald Marshall Bass , Scott Vinh Nguyen , Antonio Maria Guimaraes Leite Cruz , Damodaran Raghu , Jaime Santos Son
- Applicant: Ernesto Rafael Fonseca Ocampos , James Joseph Venditto , Renfeng Richard Cao , Ronald Marshall Bass , Scott Vinh Nguyen , Antonio Maria Guimaraes Leite Cruz , Damodaran Raghu , Jaime Santos Son
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Shell Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Shell Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: E21B43/00
- IPC: E21B43/00
Abstract:
A method for heating a subsurface formation includes applying heat from a plurality of heaters to at least a portion of the subsurface formation. A portion of one or more of the heaters are allowed to move relative to the heaters respective wellhead using sliding seals to accommodate thermal expansion of the heaters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100206570A1 CIRCULATED HEATED TRANSFER FLUID SYSTEMS USED TO TREAT A SUBSURFACE FORMATION Public/Granted day:2010-08-19
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