Thermally Assisted Oil Production Wells
AssigneeGTherm Energy, Inc.
InventorMichael J. PARRELLA
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Abstract
A method and system are shown that conditions an underground reservoir by flooding the reservoir with a heated fluid to transfer heat to the underground reservoir and cause oil and gas to increase flow during recovery from the underground reservoir, wherein the fluid is heated by heat from a geothermal well, or heated by heat generated by burning gas recovered from the underground reservoir, or heated by heat from both a geothermal well and heat generated by burning gas recovered from the underground reservoir, and recovering the oil and gas with the increased flow.
Claims44
A system for recovering oil, gas or oil and gas from a reservoir beneath a surface comprising:
- at least one production pipe for receiving the oil and gas in the reservoir;
- at least one pump configured to pump the oil and gas to the surface;
- a casing surrounding the at least one production pipe;
- and
- at least one heating element in parallel with the production pipe configured to provide heat to the oil and gas being pumped to the surface.
A method for recovering oil, gas or oil and gas from a reservoir beneath a surface comprising:
- providing at least one production pipe for receiving the oil and gas in the reservoir and a casing surrounding the at least one production pipe;
- pumping oil and gas to the surface with at least one pump;
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- heating the oil and gas being pumped to the surface with at least one heating element in parallel with the production pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.