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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
John Michael Karanikas, Houston, TX (US);
Gary Lee Beer, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Marian Marino, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Irving Mcneil, Iii, Cypress, TX (US);
Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria Roes, Kuala Lumpur, MY;
Robert Charles Ryan, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Pollard, Pearland, TX (US);
John Michael Karanikas, Houston, TX (US);
Gary Lee Beer, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Marian Marino, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Irving McNeil, III, Cypress, TX (US);
Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria Roes, Kuala Lumpur, MY;
Robert Charles Ryan, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Pollard, Pearland, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods used in treating a subsurface formation are described herein. Some embodiments also generally relate to barriers and/or methods to seal barriers. A method used to treat a subsurface formation may include heating a portion of a formation adjacent to a plurality of wellbores to raise a temperature of the formation adjacent to the wellbores above a mobilization temperature of bitumen and below a pyrolysis temperature of hydrocarbons in the formation; and allowing the bitumen to move outwards from the wellbores towards a portion of the formation comprising water cooler than the mobilization temperature of the bitumen so that the bitumen solidifies in the formation to form a barrier.