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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2009
David Booth Burns, Houston, TX (US);
Horng Jye (Jay) Hwang, Houston, TX (US);
Jochen Marwede, 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, 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 shafts. A first substantially horizontal or inclined tunnel extends from one or more of the shafts. A second substantially horizontal or inclined tunnel extends from one or more of the shafts. Two or more heat source wellbores extend from the first tunnel to the second tunnel. The heat source wellbores are configured to allow heated fluid to flow through the wellbores from the first tunnel to the second tunnel.