Method of producing drive fluid in situ in tar sands formations

Mudunuri, Ramesh Raju; Jaiswal, Namit; Vinegar, Harold J; Karanikas, John Michael

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Title: Method of producing drive fluid in situ in tar sands formations

Abstract

Methods of treating a tar sands formation are described herein. Methods for treating a tar sands may include providing heat to at least part of a hydrocarbon layer in the formation from one or more heaters located in the formation. The heat may be allowed to transfer from the heaters to at least a portion of the formation such that a drive fluid is produced in situ in the formation. The drive fluid may move at least some mobilized, visbroken, and/or pyrolyzed hydrocarbons from a first portion of the formation to a second portion of the formation. At least some of the mobilized, visbroken, and/or pyrolyzed hydrocarbons may be produced from the formation.

Inventors:

Mudunuri, Ramesh Raju ^[1]; Jaiswal, Namit ^[1]; Vinegar, Harold J ^[2]; Karanikas, John Michael ^[1]

Houston, TX
Bellaire, TX

Issue Date:: 2010-03-23

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1014476

Patent Number(s):: 7681647

Application Number:: US Patent Application 11/975,712

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

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                    Mudunuri, Ramesh Raju, Jaiswal, Namit, Vinegar, Harold J, and Karanikas, John Michael. Method of producing drive fluid in situ in tar sands formations.  United States: N. p., 2010. 
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                    Mudunuri, Ramesh Raju, Jaiswal, Namit, Vinegar, Harold J, & Karanikas, John Michael. Method of producing drive fluid in situ in tar sands formations.  United States.

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Salt and Water Movement in Unsaturated Frozen Soil
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Improving the Performance of Classic SAGD with Offsetting Vertical Producers
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Direct Production of Low Pour Point High Gravity Shale Oil
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Methods and Energy Sources for Heating Subsurface Geological Formation, Task 1: Heat Delivery Systems
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Review of Reservoir Parameters to Optimize SAGD and Fast-SAGD Operating Conditions
journal, January 2007

Production Report
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Kinetics of oil generation from Colorado oil shale
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Converter-fed subsea motor drives
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The Viscosity of Air, Water, Natural Gas, Crude Oil and Its Associated Gases at Oil Field Temperatures and Pressures
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Some Effects of Pressure on Oil-Shale Retorting
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Application of a Microretort to Problems in Shade Pyrolysis
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An Analog Computer for Studying Heat Transfer During a Thermal Recovery Process
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