Multi-step heater deployment in a subsurface formation
Patent
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OSTI ID:1041186
- Allen, TX
A method for installing a horizontal or inclined subsurface heater includes placing a heating section of a heater in a horizontal or inclined section of a wellbore with an installation tool. The tool is uncoupled from the heating section. A lead in section is mechanically and electrically coupled to the heating section of the heater. The lead-in section is located in an angled or vertical section of the wellbore.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Assignee:
- Shell Oil Company (Houston, TX)
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,146,669
- Application Number:
- US patent applicaiton 12/250,297
- OSTI ID:
- 1041186
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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