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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
Taixu Bai, Katy, TX (US);
Frederick Henry Kreisler Rambow, Houston, TX (US);
Dong Sub Kim, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
Taixu Bai, Katy, TX (US);
Frederick Henry Kreisler Rambow, Houston, TX (US);
Dong Sub Kim, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Certain embodiments provide a method for treating a subsurface formation. The method includes providing one or more explosives into portions of one or more wellbores selected for the explosion in the formation. The wellbores are formed in one or more zones in the formation. The explosives are controllably exploded in one or more of the wellbores such that at least some of the formation surrounding the selected wellbores has an increased permeability. One or more heaters are provided in the one or more wellbores.