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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2009
David Booth Burns, Houston, TX (US);
Horng Jye (Jay) Hwang, Houston, TX (US);
Jochen Marwede, GS Rijswijk, NL;
Duncan Charles Macdonald, Houston, TX (US);
Robert George Prince-wright, Houston, TX (US);
David Booth Burns, Houston, TX (US);
Horng Jye (Jay) Hwang, Houston, TX (US);
Jochen Marwede, GS Rijswijk, NL;
Duncan Charles MacDonald, Houston, TX (US);
Robert George Prince-Wright, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for treating a subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation includes one or more tunnels having an average diameter of at least 1 m. At least one tunnel is connected to the surface. Two or more wellbores extend from at least one of the tunnels into at least a portion of the subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation. At least two of the wellbores contain elongated heat sources configured to heat at least a portion of the subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation such that at least some hydrocarbons are mobilized.