Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low temperature inductive heating of subsurface formations
- Patent Title (中): 地下地层低温感应加热
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Application No.: US13083240Application Date: 2011-04-08
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Publication No.: US08875788B2Publication Date: 2014-11-04
- Inventor: Scott Vinh Nguyen , Thomas David Fowler
- Applicant: Scott Vinh Nguyen , Thomas David Fowler
- 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:
Electrical current flow is induced in a ferromagnetic conductor providing time-varying electrical current at a first frequency to an electrical conductor located in a formation. The ferromagnetic conductor at least partially surrounds and at least partially extends lengthwise around the electrical conductor. The ferromagnetic conductor resistively heats up to a first temperature of at most about 300° C. Water in the formation is vaporized with heat at the first temperature. Subsequently, time-varying electrical current at a second frequency is provided to the elongated electrical conductor to induce electrical current flow at the second frequency such that the ferromagnetic conductor resistively heats up to a second temperature above about 300° C. Heat transfers from the ferromagnetic conductor at the second temperature to at least a part of the formation to mobilize at least some hydrocarbons in the part of the formation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110247819A1 LOW TEMPERATURE INDUCTIVE HEATING OF SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS Public/Granted day:2011-10-13
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