Heating production fluids in a wellbore

Patent · Tue Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1261617

Orrego, Yamila; Jankowski, Todd A.

A method for heating a production fluid in a wellbore. The method can include heating, using a packer fluid, a working fluid flowing through a first medium disposed in a first section of the wellbore, where the first medium transfers heat from the packer fluid to the working fluid. The method can also include circulating the working fluid into a second section of the wellbore through a second medium, where the second medium transfers heat from the working fluid to the production fluid. The method can further include returning the working fluid to the first section of the wellbore through the first medium.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• Assignee: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC. (Los Alamos, NM)
• Patent Number(s): 9,388,667
• Application Number: 13/923,770
• OSTI ID: 1261617
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 2013 Jun 21
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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