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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Manuel Alberto Gonzalez, Katy, TX (US);
Antonio Maria Guimaraes Leite Cruz, Rijswijk, TX (US);
Gonghyun Jung, Katy, TX (US);
Justin Michael Noel, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Ernesto Rafael Fonseca Ocampos, Houston, TX (US);
Jorge Antonio Penso, Cypress, TX (US);
Jason Andrew Horwege, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Stephen Michael Levy, Pearland, TX (US);
Damodaran Raghu, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for accommodating thermal expansion of a heater in a formation includes flowing a heat transfer fluid through a conduit to provide heat to the formation and providing substantially constant tension to an end portion of the conduit that extends outside the formation. At least a portion of the end portion of the conduit is wound around a movable wheel used to apply tension to the conduit.