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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Gary Bunio, Calgary, CA;
Ian Donald Gates, Calgary, CA;
Jacky Wang, Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MGM Energy Corp., Calgary, Alberta, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/20 (2006.01); E21B 43/30 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/20 (2013.01); E21B 43/305 (2013.01); E21B 2043/0115 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention consists of a method to enable methane recovery from hydrate reservoirs. The invention, in particular, relates to a Saltwater Hydrate Extraction Process (SHEP) in which high salinity water is injected into a hydrate reservoir into a lower horizontal well to promote and control gas production by hydrate decomposition to an upper deviated production well.