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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Dwijen K. Banerjee, Owasoo, OK (US);
Tawfik N. Nasr, Katy, TX (US);
Wayne R. Dreher, Jr., College Station, TX (US);
Francis E. Parsche, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Mark A. Trautman, Melbourne, FL (US);
Victor Hernandez, Merritt Island, FL (US);
Dwijen K. Banerjee, Owasoo, OK (US);
Tawfik N. Nasr, Katy, TX (US);
Wayne R. Dreher, Jr., College Station, TX (US);
Francis E. Parsche, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Mark A. Trautman, Melbourne, FL (US);
Victor Hernandez, Merritt Island, FL (US);
ConocoPhilips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of producing heavy oil by first injecting water and sulfur hexafluoride molecules into a region. The method then introduces electromagnetic waves such as microwaves and/or radio frequencies into the region at a frequency sufficient to excite the water and the sulfur hexafluoride molecules and increase the temperature of at least a portion of the water and sulfur hexafluoride molecules within the region to produce heated water and sulfur hexafluoride molecules. At least a portion of the heavy oil is heated in the region by contact with the heated water and sulfur hexafluoride molecules to produce heated heavy oil. The heated heavy oil is then produced.