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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
Peter Veenstra, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Steven Paul Giles, Damon, TX (US);
Chester L. Sandberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Frederick Henry Kreisler Rambow, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Kelvin Harris, Houston, TX (US);
Lanny Gene Schoeling, Katy, TX (US);
Mark Gregory Picha, Houston, TX (US);
Etuan Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Gary Beer, Houston, TX (US);
Frederick Gordon Carl, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Taixu Bai, Katy, TX (US);
Dong Sub Kim, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Michael David Fairbanks, Katy, TX (US);
Guillermo Pastor Sanz, Houston, TX (US);
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
Peter Veenstra, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Steven Paul Giles, Damon, TX (US);
Chester L. Sandberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Frederick Henry Kreisler Rambow, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Kelvin Harris, Houston, TX (US);
Lanny Gene Schoeling, Katy, TX (US);
Mark Gregory Picha, Houston, TX (US);
Etuan Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Gary Beer, Houston, TX (US);
Frederick Gordon Carl, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Taixu Bai, Katy, TX (US);
Dong Sub Kim, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Michael David Fairbanks, Katy, TX (US);
Guillermo Pastor Sanz, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process may include providing heat from one or more heaters to at least a portion of a subsurface formation. Heat may transfer from one or more heaters to a part of a formation. In some embodiments, heat from the one or more heat sources may pyrolyze at least some hydrocarbons in a part of a subsurface formation. Hydrocarbons and/or other products may be produced from a subsurface formation. Certain embodiments describe apparatus, methods, and/or processes used in treating a subsurface or hydrocarbon containing formation.