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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Applicants:
W. Reid Dreher, Jr., Katy, TX (US);
Thomas J. Wheeler, Houston, TX (US);
Dwijen K. Banerjee, Owasso, OK (US);
Inventors:
W. Reid Dreher, Jr., Katy, TX (US);
Thomas J. Wheeler, Houston, TX (US);
Dwijen K. Banerjee, Owasso, OK (US);
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for heating heavy oil inside a production well. The method raises the subsurface temperature of heavy oil by utilizing an activator that has been injected below the surface. The activator is then excited with a generated microwave frequency such that the excited activator heats the heavy oil.