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US 6,607,036 B2Granted
Method for heating subterranean formation, particularly for heating reservoir fluids in near well bore zone
AssigneeIntevep, S.A.
InventorsAaron Ranson, Luis Carlos Genolet, Douglas Espin, Juan Carlos Chavez
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Abstract
A method for heating a subterranean formation includes the steps of positioning a well to a subterranean formation; disposing an energy transforming material in the formation; and exposing the material to energy whereby the material generates heat.
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A method for heating a subterranean formation, comprising the steps of:
- positioning a well to a subterranean formation;
- disposing proppants in said formation, said proppants having an average particle size of about 0.3 microns to about 3 microns wherein said proppants being coated with a plurality of nanoparticles having a particle size of between about 1 nm to about 200 nm, said nanoparticles being formed of an energy transforming material selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, molybdenum, zirconium, nickel, chromium, silicon and mixtures thereof;
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- exposing said energy transforming material to energy whereby said material generates heat for heating the formation.
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A method for heating subterranean formation, comprising the steps of:
- positioning a well to a subterranean formation;
- disposing proppants in said formation, said proppants having an average particle size of about 0.3 microns to about 3 microns wherein said proppants having a plurality of nanoparticles inside the proppants, said plurality of nanoparticles having a particle size of between about 1 nm to about 200 nm, said nanoparticles being formed of an energy transforming material selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, molybdenum, zirconium, nickel, chromium, silicon and mixtures thereof;
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- exposing said energy transforming material to energy whereby said material generates heat for heating the formation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.