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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Partha S. Sarathi, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Riley B. Needham, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Robert Scott Redman, Anchorage, AK (US);
Inventors:
Partha S. Sarathi, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Riley B. Needham, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Robert Scott Redman, Anchorage, AK (US);
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for recovering heavy oil in a stratum with an injection well, a production well and a steam generator. The method begins by injecting steam from the steam generator into a horizontal portion of the injection well followed by soaking the stratum with the steam from the injection well for a predetermined period of time; and producing heavy oil from the stratum with the production well.