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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Ronald Marshall Bass, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Guy Harley, Spring, TX (US);
Edward Everett DE St. Remey, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ronald Marshall Bass, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Guy Harley, Spring, TX (US);
Edward Everett De St. Remey, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 36/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 36/04 (2006.01); H05B 3/10 (2006.01); H05B 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/2401 (2013.01); E21B 36/04 (2013.01); H05B 3/10 (2013.01); H05B 3/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for installing two or more heaters in a subsurface formation includes providing a spool having a substantially helical configuration of two or more heaters that have been spooled on the spool. The helical configuration of heaters is unspooled from the spool and the helical configuration of heaters is installed into an opening in a subsurface formation.