In situ oxidation of subsurface formations

Beer, Gary Lee; Mo, Weijian; Li, Busheng; Shen, Chonghui

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Title: In situ oxidation of subsurface formations

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Methods and systems for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation described herein include providing heat to a first portion of the formation from a plurality of heaters in the first portion, producing produced through one or more production wells in a second portion of the formation, reducing or turning off heat provided to the first portion after a selected time, providing an oxidizing fluid through one or more of the heater wells in the first portion, providing heat to the first portion and the second portion through oxidation of at least some hydrocarbons in the first portion, and producing fluids through at least one of the production wells in the second portion. The produced fluids may include at least some oxidized hydrocarbons produced in the first portion.

Inventors:

Beer, Gary Lee ^[1]; Mo, Weijian ^[2]; Li, Busheng ^[1]; Shen, Chonghui ^[3]

Houston, TX
Sugar Land, TX
Calgary, CA

Issue Date:: 2011-01-11

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1013676

Patent Number(s):: 7866386

Application Number:: 12/250,370

Assignee:: Shell Oil Company (Houston, TX)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E21 - EARTH DRILLING E21B - EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01F - MAGNETS

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E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E21 - EARTH DRILLING E21B - EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
E21B36/04 - using electrical heaters
E21B43/24 - using heat, e.g. steam injection
E21B43/30 - Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimizing the spacing of wells

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01F - MAGNETS
H01F27/38 - Auxiliary core members
H01F29/04 - having provision for tap-changing without interrupting the load current

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
H01J37/32926 - {Software, data control or modelling}
H01J37/32935 - {Monitoring and controlling tubes by information coming from the object and/or discharge}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T29/49083 - Heater type

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DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Fast-SAGD: Half the Wells and 30% Less Steam conference, April 2013

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

On the mechanism of kerogen pyrolysis journal, October 1984

Chemical Kinetics and Oil Shale Process Design book, January 1995

Fast-SAGD Application in the Alberta Oil Sands Areas journal, September 2006

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

Geochemistry and Pyrolysis of Oil Shales book, August 1983

Improving the Performance of Classic SAGD with Offsetting Vertical Producers journal, February 2008

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

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

Review of Reservoir Parameters to Optimize SAGD and Fast-SAGD Operating Conditions journal, January 2007

Converter-fed subsea motor drives journal, January 1996

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

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

The Benefits of In Situ Upgrading Reactions to the Integrated Operations of the Orinoco Heavy-Oil Fields and Downstream Facilities conference, April 2013

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

Fast SAGD and Geomechanical Mechanisms conference, April 2013

A Possible Mechanism of Alkene/Alkane Production book, September 1981

Fast-SAGD: Half the Wells and 30% Less Steam
conference, April 2013

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

On the mechanism of kerogen pyrolysis
journal, October 1984

Chemical Kinetics and Oil Shale Process Design
book, January 1995

Fast-SAGD Application in the Alberta Oil Sands Areas
journal, September 2006

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

Geochemistry and Pyrolysis of Oil Shales
book, August 1983

Improving the Performance of Classic SAGD with Offsetting Vertical Producers
journal, February 2008

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

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

Review of Reservoir Parameters to Optimize SAGD and Fast-SAGD Operating Conditions
journal, January 2007

Converter-fed subsea motor drives
journal, January 1996

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

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

The Benefits of In Situ Upgrading Reactions to the Integrated Operations of the Orinoco Heavy-Oil Fields and Downstream Facilities
conference, April 2013

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

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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

Fast SAGD and Geomechanical Mechanisms
conference, April 2013

A Possible Mechanism of Alkene/Alkane Production
book, September 1981