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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Applicants:
Rahman Khaledi, Calgary, CA;
Thomas J. Boone, Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Rahman Khaledi, Calgary, CA;
Thomas J. Boone, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); C09K 8/592 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/2408 (2013.01); C09K 8/592 (2013.01); E21B 43/166 (2013.01); E21B 43/2406 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for recovering heavy oil from subterranean reservoirs. A steam-utilizing heavy oil recovery process may be used to recover the heavy oil while employing a steam-solvent mixture. The solvent may be a tailored hydrocarbon solvent obtained from a precursor mixture of hydrocarbon compounds from which light end hydrocarbon compounds have been removed.