Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circulated heated transfer fluid heating of subsurface hydrocarbon formations
- Patent Title (中): 循环加热转移液加热地下烃层
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Application No.: US12576697Application Date: 2009-10-09
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Publication No.: US08281861B2Publication Date: 2012-10-09
- Inventor: Scott Vinh Nguyen , Renfeng Richard Cao
- Applicant: Scott Vinh Nguyen , Renfeng Richard Cao
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Shell Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Shell Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: E21B36/00
- IPC: E21B36/00 ; E21B43/24

Abstract:
A method of heating a subsurface formation includes introducing a molten salt into a first passageway of a conduit-in-conduit heater at a first location. The molten salt is passed through the conduit-in-conduit heater in the formation to a second location. Heat transfers from the molten salt to a treatment area during passage of the molten salt through the conduit-in-conduit heater. The molten salt is removed from the conduit-in-conduit heater at a second location spaced away from the first location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100096137A1 CIRCULATED HEATED TRANSFER FLUID HEATING OF SUBSURFACE HYDROCARBON FORMATIONS Public/Granted day:2010-04-22
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