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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Eric Pierre DE Rouffignac, Rijswijk, NL;
Ilya Emil Berchenko, Friendswood, TX (US);
Thomas David Fowler, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Charles Ryan, Houston, TX (US);
Gordon Thomas Shahin, Jr., Bellaire, TX (US);
George Leo Stegemeier, Houston, TX (US);
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
Scott Lee Wellington, Belliare, TX (US);
Etuan Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Pierre de Rouffignac, Rijswijk, NL;
Ilya Emil Berchenko, Friendswood, TX (US);
Thomas David Fowler, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Charles Ryan, Houston, TX (US);
Gordon Thomas Shahin, Jr., Bellaire, TX (US);
George Leo Stegemeier, Houston, TX (US);
Harold J. Vinegar, Bellaire, TX (US);
Scott Lee Wellington, Belliare, TX (US);
Etuan Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An oil shale formation may be treated using an in situ thermal process. Heat may be applied to the formation to raise a temperature of a portion of the formation to a pyrolysis temperature. Heat input into the formation may be controlled to raise the temperature of portion at a selected rate during pyrolysis of hydrocarbons within the formation. A mixture of hydrocarbons, H, and/or other formation fluids may be produced from the formation.