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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1980

Filed:

Feb. 28, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:

Armin Sowa, Ottobrunn, DE;

German Munding, Bad Friedrichshall, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166272 ; 60 3455 ; 60 3958 ; 166 57 ;
Abstract

A device for extracting crude oil out of an extraction bore of a previously tapped deposit, comprises, a combustion chamber having at least one reaction chamber portion and an evaporation chamber portion arranged in axial relationship with a constricted nozzle portion therebetween. Advantageously, an additional constricted nozzle portion separates a turbulence chamber from a front reaction chamber and the second constriction separates the front reaction chamber from a rear evaporation chamber. The evaporation chamber in turn feeds through a nozzle section to a narrow discharge into the extraction bore. A fuel and chemical oxygen or an oxygen carrier are directed into the combustion chamber preferably in front of the first constriction and forms high temperature combustion gases into which the water is directed in a manner to intermix the water with the combustion gases and to form superheated steam which is then discharged into the extraction bore. The steam causes the oil in the previously tapped deposit to become less viscous and to flow out of the extraction bore.


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