Baker Hughes Corporation

Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

Pyrophase, Inc.

Geoffrey Presley

Richard H Snow

Silviu Livescu

Thomas J Watkins

Jesse Mohrbacher

Heavy hydro-carbonaceous materials such as bitumen are upgraded in supercritical water in a continuous-flow reactor system. The present invention provides a reactor arrangement for and a method of converting bitumen and other highly viscous hydrocarbon containing materials into pumpable liquids to enable further processing of such materials while avoiding production of char. The process can be carried out in an underground reactor based on oil well technology. The reactor design and method facilitates mass transfer to dissolve bitumen in heated water and breaks down heavy hydrocarbons by controlling the temperature and pressure in zones within the flowing stream. The reactor may include an embedded electric heater.

Reactor and method for upgrading heavy hydrocarbons with supercritical fluids

Arrangements for transmitting electrical operating power to a downhole electrically operated tool via a dual-walled conductive running string.

Dual-walled running string for electric devices with power transmission through running string

Hydrocarbon production from subterranean formations is stimulated by heating. A dual-walled coiled tubing radio frequency heating arrangement is described that can be disposed into a wellbore and energized to heat the surrounding formation.

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Spokane, WA, United States of America

Geoffrey Presley