Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical current flow between tunnels for use in heating subsurface hydrocarbon containing formations
- Patent Title (中): 用于加热地下含烃地层的隧道之间的电流流动
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Application No.: US12422119Application Date: 2009-04-10
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Publication No.: US08172335B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: David Booth Burns , Horng Jye (Jay) Hwang , Jochen Marwede , Duncan Charles MacDonald , Robert George Prince-Wright
- Applicant: David Booth Burns , Horng Jye (Jay) Hwang , Jochen Marwede , Duncan Charles MacDonald , Robert George Prince-Wright
- 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 system for treating a subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation includes one or more shafts. A first substantially horizontal or inclined tunnel extends from one or more of the shafts. A second substantially horizontal or inclined tunnel extends from one or more of the shafts. Two or more heat source wellbores extend from the first tunnel to the second tunnel. The heat source wellbores are configured to allow electrical current to flow between the heat source wellbores.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090272526A1 ELECTRICAL CURRENT FLOW BETWEEN TUNNELS FOR USE IN HEATING SUBSURFACE HYDROCARBON CONTAINING FORMATIONS Public/Granted day:2009-11-05
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