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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Robert L. Horton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Frederick B. Growcock, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert L. Horton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Frederick B. Growcock, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01); C10L 3/06 (2006.01); C10L 3/10 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/164 (2013.01); C10L 3/06 (2013.01); E21B 43/14 (2013.01); E21B 2043/0115 (2013.01); C10L 3/108 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for recovering gas from a subterranean formation having a hydrate deposit located therein and a gas reservoir located under the hydrate deposit that includes injecting a hydrate-forming fluid into an upper region of the gas reservoir neighboring the hydrate deposit; and producing gaseous hydrocarbons from a lower region of the gas reservoir is disclosed.