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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Gtherm Energy, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Parrella, Katy, TX (US);
Martin A. Shimko, Quechee, VT (US);
Assignee:
GTHERM ENERGY, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 36/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/30 (2006.01); E21B 43/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 36/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/24 (2013.01); E21B 36/005 (2013.01); E21B 36/04 (2013.01); E21B 43/003 (2013.01); E21B 43/164 (2013.01); E21B 43/305 (2013.01);
Abstract
A comprehensive enhanced oil recovery system that combines a plurality of different implementations of several enhanced oil recovery methods in an integrated system. The enhanced oil recovery system includes heating an underground reservoir having a heat transfer matrix to increase the temperature of the reservoir around a production well. The heat transfer matrix includes thermal injection wells, production wells and heat delivery wells.