Conocophillips Company

Harris Corporation

The Texas A&m University System

Maxine Jones Madison

Dwijen Kumar Banerjee

Francis Eugene Parsche

Mark Alan Trautman

Wayne Reid Dreher

John L Stalder

Dwijen K Banerjee

Mark Thomas Holtzapple

Rocio Sierra Ramirez

Mark A Deimund

Matthew Falls

John J Dunkleman

Jr Dreher Wayne Reid

A method of producing hydrocarbons from a well. The method begins by injecting steam into a well. The bitumen in the formation is then heated with the injected steam, followed by ceasing the injection of steam into the well and then by soaking the bitumen with the injected steam and collecting the heated oil. Steam that has condensed is revaporized by directing RF/MW radiation to the steam allowing for more bitumen to be produced without injecting more steam. In addition, some of the steam could become superheated, wherein the temperature of the superheated steam is greater than the temperature of the steam. The bitumen is heated by the revaporized steam and the superheated steam, followed by soaking the bitumen with the revaporized steam and the superheated steam. Hydrocarbons are then produced from the well.

Cyclic steam stimulation using RF

A process for utilizing microwaves to heat HO within a subterranean region wherein the heated HO contacts heavy oil in the subterranean region to lower the viscosity of the heavy oil and improve production of the heavy oil.

Process for enhanced production of heavy oil using microwaves

The present invention provides a method of producing upgraded hydrocarbons in-situ from a production well. The method begins by operating a subsurface recovery of hydrocarbons with a production well. An RF absorbent material is heated by at least one RF emitter and used as a heated RF absorbent material, which in turn heats the hydrocarbons to be produced. Hydrocarbons are upgraded in-situ and then produced from the production well.

Simultaneous conversion and recovery of bitumen using RF

Methods and apparatus for treating biomass that may include introducing a biomass to a chamber; exposing the biomass in the chamber to a shock event to produce a shocked biomass; and transferring the shocked biomass from the chamber. In some aspects, the method may include pretreating the biomass with a chemical before introducing the biomass to the chamber and/or after transferring shocked biomass from the chamber.

Biomass shock pretreatment

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Maxine Jones Madison