Treating tar sands formations with dolomite

Vinegar, Harold J.; Karanikas, John Michael

Title: Treating tar sands formations with dolomite

Patent · Tue Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:1176508

Vinegar, Harold J.; Karanikas, John Michael

A method for treating a karsted formation containing heavy hydrocarbons and dolomite includes providing heat to at least part of one or more karsted layers in the formation from one or more heaters located in the karsted layers. A temperature in at least one of the karsted layers is allowed to reach a decomposition temperature of dolomite in the formation. The dolomite is allowed to decompose and at least some hydrocarbons are produced from at least one of the karsted layers of the formation.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC04-94AL85000

Assignee:: Shell Oil Company (Houston, TX)

Patent Number(s):: 8,555,971

Application Number:: 13/485,464

OSTI ID:: 1176508

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 May 31

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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