US 7,128,153 B2 · Treatment of a hydrocarbon containing formation after heating

Abstract

A method for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation is provided. In one embodiment, heat from one or more heaters may be provided to at least a portion of the formation. Heat may be allowed to transfer from the one or more heaters to at least a part of the formation. In certain embodiments, the heat from the one or more heaters may pyrolyze at least some hydrocarbons in the formation. In an embodiment, a first fluid may be introduced into at least a portion of the formation. The portion may have previously undergone an in situ conversion process. A mixture of the first fluid and a second fluid may be produced from the formation. Such mixture may, in some embodiments, be treated or burned.

Claims34

Dependent claims

A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation, comprising:

introducing a first fluid into at least a portion of the formation, wherein the first fluid comprises a hydrocarbon fluid, and wherein the portion has previously undergone an in situ conversion process;
producing a mixture of the first fluid and a second fluid from the formation;
and
providing at least a portion of the mixture to an energy producing unit.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/279,294Filed 24 Oct 2002 · us provisional application

Priority

24 Oct 2001

Published

US 2003/0196810 A123 Oct 2003

Granted

31 Oct 2006

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification24 codes

E21B 43/2401
Using heat, e.g. steam injection: by means of electricity
B09C 1/02
Reclamation of contaminated soil: extraction using liquids, e.g. washing, leaching , flotation
B09C 1/06
Reclamation of contaminated soil: thermally
C10G 9/24
Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils: by heating with electrical means

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Application60/334,568Us provisional application · filed 24 Oct 2001

Application60/337,136Us provisional application · filed 24 Oct 2001

Application60/374,970Us provisional application · filed 24 Apr 2002

Application60/374,995Us provisional application · filed 24 Apr 2002

US 2003/0196810 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Oct 2003

US 7,128,153 B2This patent

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Treatment of a hydrocarbon containing formation after heating

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Treatment of a hydrocarbon containing formation after heating

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Abstract

Claims34