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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2010
Applicants:

Partha S. Sarathi, Bartlesville, OK (US);

Wayne Reid Dreher, Jr., Katy, TX (US);

Thomas J. Wheeler, Houston, TX (US);

Wendell P. Menard, Katy, TX (US);

Inventors:

Partha S. Sarathi, Bartlesville, OK (US);

Wayne Reid Dreher, Jr., Katy, TX (US);

Thomas J. Wheeler, Houston, TX (US);

Wendell P. Menard, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:

ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/243 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and systems relate to in situ combustion utilizing configurations of injection and production wells to facilitate the in situ combustion. The wells define vertically deviated lengths that have different orientations from one another. Further, heating processes such as resistive heating and cyclic steam stimulation may take place in one or both of the injection and production wells to precondition a reservoir prior to the in situ combustion.


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