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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
John Matthew Coles, Katy, TX (US);
Eric Pierre DE Rouffignac, Houston, TX (US);
Bruce Gerard Hunsucker, Katy, TX (US);
James Louis Menotti, Dickinson, TX (US);
Christopher Arnold Pratt, Cochrane, CA;
Scott Lee Wellington, Bellaire, TX (US);
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
John Matthew Coles, Katy, TX (US);
Eric Pierre de Rouffignac, Houston, TX (US);
Bruce Gerard Hunsucker, Katy, TX (US);
James Louis Menotti, Dickinson, TX (US);
Christopher Arnold Pratt, Cochrane, CA;
Scott Lee Wellington, Bellaire, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a system may be used to heat a hydrocarbon containing formation. The system may include a heater placed in an opening in the formation. The system may allow heat to transfer from the heater to a part of the formation. The transferred heat may pyrolyze at least some hydrocarbons in the formation. The heater may be removable from the opening in the formation and redeployable in at least one alternative opening in the formation.