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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2006
Dong Sub Kim, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
Dong Sub Kim, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of forming and maintaining a low temperature zone around at least a portion of a subsurface treatment area is described. The method includes reducing a temperature of heat transfer fluid with a refrigeration system. The heat transfer fluid is circulated through freeze well canisters and placed in a formation around at least a portion of the subsurface treatment area. An initial temperature of the heat transfer fluid supplied to a first freeze well canister is in a range from about −35 ° C. to about −55 ° C. At least one of the well canisters includes carbon steel. The heat transfer fluid is returned to the refrigeration system.
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