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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2014
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Weijian Mo, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Faruk Ömer Alpak, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for treating a subsurface hydrocarbon formation are described herein. A method for treating a subsurface hydrocarbon formation includes applying electrical current to a one or more heating elements positioned in a first tubular located in an opening in the subsurface hydrocarbon formation; providing fluid through a second tubular positioned in the first tubular in the subsurface hydrocarbon formation such that a portion of the fluid flows between the first tubular and second tubular and along a length of the tubulars; allowing the fluid to flow into a hydrocarbon layer in the subsurface hydrocarbon formation; and allowing heat to transfer from at least one of the heating elements and the fluid to a portion of the hydrocarbon layer in the subsurface hydrocarbon formation.