公开(公告)号：US07128153B2

公开(公告)日：2006-10-31

申请号：US10279294

申请日：2002-10-24

申请人： Harold J. Vinegar ,  Eric Pierre de Rouffignac ,  Ajay Madhav Madgavkar ,  Kevin Albert Maher ,  Billy John McKinzie, II ,  Bruce Donald Palfreyman ,  Robert Charles Ryan ,  George Leo Stegemeier ,  John Michael Ward ,  Scott Lee Wellington

发明人： Harold J. Vinegar ,  Eric Pierre de Rouffignac ,  Ajay Madhav Madgavkar ,  Kevin Albert Maher ,  Billy John McKinzie, II ,  Bruce Donald Palfreyman ,  Robert Charles Ryan ,  George Leo Stegemeier ,  John Michael Ward ,  Scott Lee Wellington

IPC分类号： E21B43/24 ,  E21B43/30 ,  B01C1/08

CPC分类号： E21B43/2401 ,  B09C1/02 ,  B09C1/06 ,  B09C2101/00 ,  C10G9/24 ,  C10G45/00 ,  E21B17/028 ,  E21B43/168 ,  E21B43/24 ,  E21B43/243 ,  E21B43/305 ,  E21B47/02208 ,  G01V3/26 ,  Y02P30/30 ,  Y02P30/44 ,  Y10S210/901 ,  Y10T137/0391

摘要： A method for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation is provided. In one embodiment, heat from one or more heaters may be provided to at least a portion of the formation. Heat may be allowed to transfer from the one or more heaters to at least a part of the formation. In certain embodiments, the heat from the one or more heaters may pyrolyze at least some hydrocarbons in the formation. In an embodiment, a first fluid may be introduced into at least a portion of the formation. The portion may have previously undergone an in situ conversion process. A mixture of the first fluid and a second fluid may be produced from the formation. Such mixture may, in some embodiments, be treated or burned.