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Patent No.:

US 10760391 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2016

Method for recovering hydrocarbons from low permeability formations

Applicants:

Nexen Energy Ulc, Calgary, CA;

Roberto Aguilera, Calgary, CA;

Alfonso Fragoso, Calgary, CA;

Yi Wang, Calgary, CA;

Guicheng Jing, Calgary, CA;

Inventors:

Roberto Aguilera, Calgary, CA;

Alfonso Fragoso, Calgary, CA;

Yi Wang, Calgary, CA;

Guicheng Jing, Calgary, CA;

Karthikeyan Selvan, Calgary, CA;

Thomas Harding, Calgary, CA;

Faisal Qureshi, Calgary, CA;

Assignee:

CNOOC PETROLEUM NORTH AMERICA ULC, Calgary, CA;

Attorney:

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Primary Examiner:

Kenneth L Thompson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/40 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/25 (2006.01); E21B 43/18 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/168 (2013.01); E21B 43/126 (2013.01); E21B 43/18 (2013.01); E21B 43/25 (2013.01); E21B 43/40 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a method of producing hydrocarbon material. A first hydrocarbon material is produced from the formation, the first hydrocarbon material including a gaseous hydrocarbon material originally in place in the formation. At least a portion of the produced gaseous hydrocarbon material is injected into the formation to increase the formation pressure. A second hydrocarbon material is produced from the formation.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Aguilera, Roberto. (2020). Method for recovering hydrocarbons from low permeability formations (U.S. Patent No. 10760391). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10760391

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