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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2007
Applicant:
Thomas David Fowler, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Thomas David Fowler, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 36/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems, methods, and heaters for treating a subsurface formation are described herein. At least one method for providing acidic gas to a subsurface formation is described herein. The method may include providing heat from one or more heaters to a portion of a subsurface formation; producing fluids that include one or more acidic gases from the formation using a heat treatment process. At least a portion of one of the acidic gases may be introduced into the formation, or into another formation, through one or more wellbores at a pressure below a lithostatic pressure of the formation in which the acidic gas is introduced.