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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Maxine Jones Madison, Houston, TX (US);
Dwijen Kumar Banerjee, Owasoo, OK (US);
Francis Eugene Parsche, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Mark Alan Trautman, Melbourne, FL (US);
Maxine Jones Madison, Houston, TX (US);
Dwijen Kumar Banerjee, Owasoo, OK (US);
Francis Eugene Parsche, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Mark Alan Trautman, Melbourne, FL (US);
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of producing upgraded hydrocarbons in-situ from a production well. The method begins by operating a subsurface recovery of hydrocarbons with a production well. An RF absorbent material is heated by at least one RF emitter and used as a heated RF absorbent material, which in turn heats the hydrocarbons to be produced. Hydrocarbons are upgraded in-situ and then produced from the production well.