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- Patent Title: In-situ upgrading of heavy crude oil in a production well using radio frequency or microwave radiation and a catalyst
- Patent Title (中): 使用射频或微波辐射和催化剂在生产井中原位提炼重质原油
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Application No.: US12781912Application Date: 2010-05-18
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Publication No.: US08365823B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: W. Reid Dreher, Jr. , Thomas J. Wheeler , Dwijen K. Banerjee
- Applicant: W. Reid Dreher, Jr. , Thomas J. Wheeler , Dwijen K. Banerjee
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
- Current Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: ConocoPhillips Company
- Main IPC: E21B47/01
- IPC: E21B47/01
Abstract:
A method for heating heavy oil inside a production well. The method raises the subsurface temperature of heavy oil by utilizing an activator that has been injected below the surface. The activator is then excited with a generated microwave frequency such that the excited activator heats the heavy oil.
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