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- Patent Title: Enhancing fluid recovery in subterranean wells with a cryogenic pump and a cryogenic fluid manufacturing plant
- Patent Title (中): 用低温泵和低温液体制造设备提高地下井的流体回收率
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Application No.: US14027544Application Date: 2013-09-16
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Publication No.: US09074469B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: David Randolph Smith
- Applicant: David Randolph Smith
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Main IPC: E21B43/16
- IPC: E21B43/16 ; E21B43/24

Abstract:
The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for the enhanced recovery of fluids from subterranean reservoirs using cryogenic fluids. Using the Earth's geothermal energy to warm cryogenic flood fluids injected into subterranean reservoirs, the pressure within the subterranean reservoir is increased. Consequently, the reservoir conductivity is enhanced due to thermal cracking, and improved sweep efficiency of the reservoir by the flood fluids is provided. This rise in pressure due to the injection of the cryogenic fluid increases the reservoir conductivity enhancement and improves sweep efficiency of the flood fluids, which leads to the production of more fluids from to the subterranean reservoirs.
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