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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventor:
John T. Balczewski, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/24 (2013.01); E21B 2043/0115 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heating system for heating a natural gas hydrate reservoir. The heating system includes a fully enclosed wellbore extending through a portion of the natural gas hydrate reservoir. A heating fluid is passed through the wellbore to heat the portion of the natural gas hydrate reservoir. Additionally, a production system includes a perforated wellbore that is used to extract the natural gas hydrate water after heating.