Heating tar sands formations to visbreaking temperatures

Karanikas, John Michael; Colmenares, Tulio Rafael; Zhang, Etuan; Marino, Marian; Roes, Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria; Ryan, Robert Charles; Beer, Gary Lee; Dombrowski, Robert James; Jaiswal, Namit

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Title: Heating tar sands formations to visbreaking temperatures

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Methods for treating a tar sands formation are described herein. Methods may include heating at least a section of a hydrocarbon layer in the formation from a plurality of heaters located in the formation. The heat may be controlled so that at least a majority of the section reaches an average temperature of between 200.degree. C. and 240.degree. C., which results in visbreaking of at least some hydrocarbons in the section. At least some visbroken hydrocarbon fluids may be produced from the formation.

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Karanikas, John Michael ^[1]; Colmenares, Tulio Rafael ^[1]; Zhang, Etuan ^[1]; Marino, Marian ^[1]; Roes, Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria ^[1]; Ryan, Robert Charles ^[1]; Beer, Gary Lee ^[1]; Dombrowski, Robert James ^[1]; Jaiswal, Namit ^[1]

Houston, TX

Issue Date:: 2009-12-22

Research Org.:: Shell Oil Company (Houston, TX)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1013635

Patent Number(s):: 7635024

Application Number:: US Patent Application 11/975,676

Assignee:: Shell Oil Company (Houston, TX)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES C10G - CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS

E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E21 - EARTH DRILLING E21B - EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING

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C - CHEMISTRY C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES C10G - CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS
C10G1/02 - by distillation
C10G2300/4037 - In-situ processes

E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E21 - EARTH DRILLING E21B - EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
E21B36/04 - using electrical heaters
E21B43/243 - Combustion in situ
E21B43/30 - Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimizing the spacing of wells

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS

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                    Karanikas, John Michael, Colmenares, Tulio Rafael, Zhang, Etuan, Marino, Marian, Roes, Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria, Ryan, Robert Charles, Beer, Gary Lee, Dombrowski, Robert James, and Jaiswal, Namit. Heating tar sands formations to visbreaking temperatures.  United States: N. p., 2009. 
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                    Karanikas, John Michael, Colmenares, Tulio Rafael, Zhang, Etuan, Marino, Marian, Roes, Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria, Ryan, Robert Charles, Beer, Gary Lee, Dombrowski, Robert James, & Jaiswal, Namit. Heating tar sands formations to visbreaking temperatures.  United States.

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                    Karanikas, John Michael, Colmenares, Tulio Rafael, Zhang, Etuan, Marino, Marian, Roes, Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria, Ryan, Robert Charles, Beer, Gary Lee, Dombrowski, Robert James, and Jaiswal, Namit. Tue .  
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The Thermal and Structural Properties of a Hanna Basin Coal journal, June 1984

Recent Experimental work on Solute Redistribution at the Ice/Water Interface. Implications for Electrical Properties and Interface Processes journal, March 1987

Converter-fed subsea motor drives journal, January 1996

Kinetics of oil generation from Colorado oil shale journal, June 1978

The Viscosity of Air, Water, Natural Gas, Crude Oil and Its Associated Gases at Oil Field Temperatures and Pressures journal, December 1946

The case for frequency domain PD testing in the context of distribution cable journal, July 2003

Some Effects of Pressure on Oil-Shale Retorting journal, September 1969

Molecular Mechanism of Oil Shale Pyrolysis in Nitrogen and Hydrogen Atmospheres book, August 1983

Application of a Microretort to Problems in Shade Pyrolysis journal, July 1970

An Analog Computer for Studying Heat Transfer During a Thermal Recovery Process journal, December 1955

The Characteristics of a Low Temperature In Situ Shale Oil conference, April 2013

Salt and Water Movement in Unsaturated Frozen Soil journal, July 1972

Evaluation of downhole electric impedance heating systems for paraffin control in oil wells journal, January 1992

Electrical Heating With Horizontal Wells, The Heat Transfer Problem conference, April 2013

Analysis of oil shale and petroleum source rock pyrolysis by triple quadrupole mass spectrometry: comparisons of gas evolution at the heating rate of 10.degree.C/min journal, May 1991

Monitoring oil shale retorts by off-gas alkenealkane ratios journal, June 1980

Direct Production of Low Pour Point High Gravity Shale Oil journal, March 1967

Thermomolecular Pressure in Surface Melting: Motivation for Frost Heave journal, December 1989

Methods and Energy Sources for Heating Subsurface Geological Formation, Task 1: Heat Delivery Systems report, January 2003

The Thermal and Structural Properties of a Hanna Basin Coal
journal, June 1984

Recent Experimental work on Solute Redistribution at the Ice/Water Interface. Implications for Electrical Properties and Interface Processes
journal, March 1987

Converter-fed subsea motor drives
journal, January 1996

Kinetics of oil generation from Colorado oil shale
journal, June 1978

The Viscosity of Air, Water, Natural Gas, Crude Oil and Its Associated Gases at Oil Field Temperatures and Pressures
journal, December 1946

The case for frequency domain PD testing in the context of distribution cable
journal, July 2003

Some Effects of Pressure on Oil-Shale Retorting
journal, September 1969

Molecular Mechanism of Oil Shale Pyrolysis in Nitrogen and Hydrogen Atmospheres
book, August 1983

Application of a Microretort to Problems in Shade Pyrolysis
journal, July 1970

An Analog Computer for Studying Heat Transfer During a Thermal Recovery Process
journal, December 1955

The Characteristics of a Low Temperature In Situ Shale Oil
conference, April 2013

Salt and Water Movement in Unsaturated Frozen Soil
journal, July 1972

Evaluation of downhole electric impedance heating systems for paraffin control in oil wells
journal, January 1992

Electrical Heating With Horizontal Wells, The Heat Transfer Problem
conference, April 2013

Analysis of oil shale and petroleum source rock pyrolysis by triple quadrupole mass spectrometry: comparisons of gas evolution at the heating rate of 10.degree.C/min
journal, May 1991

Monitoring oil shale retorts by off-gas alkenealkane ratios
journal, June 1980

Direct Production of Low Pour Point High Gravity Shale Oil
journal, March 1967

Thermomolecular Pressure in Surface Melting: Motivation for Frost Heave
journal, December 1989

Methods and Energy Sources for Heating Subsurface Geological Formation, Task 1: Heat Delivery Systems
report, January 2003