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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Vipera, Inc., Cheyenne, WY (US);
Inventor:
James Landry, Lafayette, LA (US);
Assignee:
VIPERA, INC., Cheyenne, WY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/243 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/243 (2013.01); E21B 43/166 (2013.01); E21B 43/2406 (2013.01); E21B 43/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal fluid generator utilizes a plasma energy heat source to generate steam, and combine the steam with nitrogen gas. Combined flow streams of steam and heated nitrogen are injected downhole into subterranean reservoir to thermally stimulate the flow of hydrocarbons (such as, for example, residual oil) from a reservoir, while also increasing fluid pressure in the reservoir. The thermal fluid generator can be located at the earth's surface, or positioned downhole within a wellbore.