WO2006116122A3 - Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations - Google Patents

Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2006116122A3
WO2006116122A3 PCT/US2006/015142 US2006015142W WO2006116122A3 WO 2006116122 A3 WO2006116122 A3 WO 2006116122A3 US 2006015142 W US2006015142 W US 2006015142W WO 2006116122 A3 WO2006116122 A3 WO 2006116122A3
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
systems
subsurface formations
generally relate
processes
methods generally
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/US2006/015142
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2006116122A2 (en
Inventor
Harold J Vinegar
Ronald Marshall Bass
Frederick Gordon Carl
Kenneth Michael Cowan
Wolfgang Deeg
Paggio Alan Anthony Del
Zaida Diaz
Michael David Fairbanks
Thomas David Fowler
Jean-Charles Ginestra
Paul Taylor Hamilton
Christopher Kelvin Harris
Stephen Palmer Hirshblond
Chia-Fu Hsu
Randy Carl John
Thomas Joseph Keltner
Dong-Sub Kim
Gene Richard Lambirth
Stanley Leroy Mason
Billy John Mckinzie
James Menotti
David Scott Miller
Vijay Nair
Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria Roes
Chester Ledlie Sandberg
Willem Jan Antoon Henri Schoeber
George Leo Stegemeier
Ronnie Wade Watkins
Sau-Wai Wong
Xueying Xie
William George Coit
Peter Terry Griffin
Allan James Samuel
Original Assignee
Shell Int Research
Harold J Vinegar
Ronald Marshall Bass
Frederick Gordon Carl
Kenneth Michael Cowan
Wolfgang Deeg
Paggio Alan Anthony Del
Zaida Diaz
Michael David Fairbanks
Thomas David Fowler
Jean-Charles Ginestra
Paul Taylor Hamilton
Christopher Kelvin Harris
Stephen Palmer Hirshblond
Chia-Fu Hsu
Randy Carl John
Thomas Joseph Keltner
Dong-Sub Kim
Gene Richard Lambirth
Stanley Leroy Mason
Billy John Mckinzie
James Menotti
David Scott Miller
Vijay Nair
Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria Roes
Chester Ledlie Sandberg
Willem Jan Antoon Henri Schoeber
George Leo Stegemeier
Ronnie Wade Watkins
Sau-Wai Wong
Xueying Xie
William George Coit
Peter Terry Griffin
Allan James Samuel
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Shell Int Research, Harold J Vinegar, Ronald Marshall Bass, Frederick Gordon Carl, Kenneth Michael Cowan, Wolfgang Deeg, Paggio Alan Anthony Del, Zaida Diaz, Michael David Fairbanks, Thomas David Fowler, Jean-Charles Ginestra, Paul Taylor Hamilton, Christopher Kelvin Harris, Stephen Palmer Hirshblond, Chia-Fu Hsu, Randy Carl John, Thomas Joseph Keltner, Dong-Sub Kim, Gene Richard Lambirth, Stanley Leroy Mason, Billy John Mckinzie, James Menotti, David Scott Miller, Vijay Nair, Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria Roes, Chester Ledlie Sandberg, Willem Jan Antoon Henri Schoeber, George Leo Stegemeier, Ronnie Wade Watkins, Sau-Wai Wong, Xueying Xie, William George Coit, Peter Terry Griffin, Allan James Samuel filed Critical Shell Int Research
Priority to CA002605734A priority Critical patent/CA2605734A1/en
Priority to GB0719541A priority patent/GB2439028B/en
Priority to AU2006239988A priority patent/AU2006239988B2/en
Priority to NZ562364A priority patent/NZ562364A/en
Publication of WO2006116122A2 publication Critical patent/WO2006116122A2/en
Publication of WO2006116122A3 publication Critical patent/WO2006116122A3/en

Links

Classifications

    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07—ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07C—ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07C4/00—Preparation of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbons containing a larger number of carbon atoms
    • C07C4/02—Preparation of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbons containing a larger number of carbon atoms by cracking a single hydrocarbon or a mixture of individually defined hydrocarbons or a normally gaseous hydrocarbon fraction
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B36/00—Heating, cooling, insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
    • E21B36/001—Cooling arrangements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B36/00—Heating, cooling, insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
    • E21B36/04—Heating, cooling, insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones using electrical heaters
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
    • E21B43/243—Combustion in situ
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B1/00—Details of electric heating devices
    • H05B1/02—Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to apparatus ; Control of heating devices
    • H05B1/0202—Switches
    • H05B1/0219—Switches actuated by modification of the magnetic properties of a material
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/02—Couplings; joints
    • E21B17/028—Electrical or electro-magnetic connections
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49174—Assembling terminal to elongated conductor
    • Y10T29/49179—Assembling terminal to elongated conductor by metal fusion bonding

Abstract

Systems, methods, and/or heaters for treating subsurfaces formations are described. Some systems and methods generally relate to heaters and heating systems for subsurface formations. Some systems and methods generally relate to novel components used for these heaters and heating systems. Some systems and methods generally relate to barriers and components associated with barriers used in treating subsurface formations. Some systems and methods generally relate to production wells and novel components for producing fluids from subsurface formations.
PCT/US2006/015142 2005-04-22 2006-04-21 Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations WO2006116122A2 (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA002605734A CA2605734A1 (en) 2005-04-22 2006-04-21 Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations
GB0719541A GB2439028B (en) 2005-04-22 2006-04-21 Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations
AU2006239988A AU2006239988B2 (en) 2005-04-22 2006-04-21 Reduction of heat loads applied to frozen barriers and freeze wells in subsurface formations
NZ562364A NZ562364A (en) 2005-04-22 2006-04-21 Reducing heat load applied to freeze wells using a heat transfer fluid in heat interceptor wells

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US67408105P 2005-04-22 2005-04-22
US60/674,081 2005-04-22
US72976305P 2005-10-24 2005-10-24
US60/729,763 2005-10-24

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2006116122A2 WO2006116122A2 (en) 2006-11-02
WO2006116122A3 true WO2006116122A3 (en) 2009-04-23

Family

ID=37215309

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/US2006/015142 WO2006116122A2 (en) 2005-04-22 2006-04-21 Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations

Country Status (6)

Country Link
US (16) US7942197B2 (en)
AU (1) AU2006239988B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2605734A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2439028B (en)
NZ (1) NZ562364A (en)
WO (1) WO2006116122A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (273)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20020038069A1 (en) 2000-04-24 2002-03-28 Wellington Scott Lee In situ thermal processing of a coal formation to produce a mixture of olefins, oxygenated hydrocarbons, and aromatic hydrocarbons
US6994169B2 (en) 2001-04-24 2006-02-07 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal processing of an oil shale formation with a selected property
AU2002363073A1 (en) 2001-10-24 2003-05-06 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Method and system for in situ heating a hydrocarbon containing formation by a u-shaped opening
US8161998B2 (en) * 2007-06-04 2012-04-24 Matos Jeffrey A Frozen/chilled fluid for pipelines and for storage facilities
DE10245103A1 (en) * 2002-09-27 2004-04-08 General Electric Co. Control cabinet for a wind turbine and method for operating a wind turbine
CA2503394C (en) 2002-10-24 2011-06-14 Shell Canada Limited Temperature limited heaters for heating subsurface formations or wellbores
AU2004235350B8 (en) 2003-04-24 2013-03-07 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Thermal processes for subsurface formations
US8296968B2 (en) * 2003-06-13 2012-10-30 Charles Hensley Surface drying apparatus and method
US7331385B2 (en) * 2003-06-24 2008-02-19 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Methods of treating a subterranean formation to convert organic matter into producible hydrocarbons
US7631691B2 (en) * 2003-06-24 2009-12-15 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Methods of treating a subterranean formation to convert organic matter into producible hydrocarbons
WO2005045192A1 (en) * 2003-11-03 2005-05-19 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Hydrocarbon recovery from impermeable oil shales
US7527826B2 (en) * 2004-04-14 2009-05-05 University Of Massachusetts Adhesion of a metal layer to a substrate by utilizing an organic acid material
JP4794550B2 (en) 2004-04-23 2011-10-19 シエル・インターナシヨナル・リサーチ・マートスハツペイ・ベー・ヴエー Temperature limited heater used to heat underground formations
US7024796B2 (en) 2004-07-19 2006-04-11 Earthrenew, Inc. Process and apparatus for manufacture of fertilizer products from manure and sewage
US7685737B2 (en) 2004-07-19 2010-03-30 Earthrenew, Inc. Process and system for drying and heat treating materials
US7024800B2 (en) * 2004-07-19 2006-04-11 Earthrenew, Inc. Process and system for drying and heat treating materials
US7694523B2 (en) * 2004-07-19 2010-04-13 Earthrenew, Inc. Control system for gas turbine in material treatment unit
EP1634520A1 (en) * 2004-09-13 2006-03-15 Nestec S.A. Device and method for heating a liquid
DE102005000782A1 (en) * 2005-01-05 2006-07-20 Voith Paper Patent Gmbh Drying cylinder for use in the production or finishing of fibrous webs, e.g. paper, comprises heating fluid channels between a supporting structure and a thin outer casing
US7942197B2 (en) 2005-04-22 2011-05-17 Shell Oil Company Methods and systems for producing fluid from an in situ conversion process
NZ562249A (en) 2005-04-22 2010-11-26 Shell Int Research Double barrier system with fluid head monitored in inter-barrier and outer zones
US8567494B2 (en) * 2005-08-31 2013-10-29 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Well operating elements comprising a soluble component and methods of use
US7559367B2 (en) * 2005-10-24 2009-07-14 Shell Oil Company Temperature limited heater with a conduit substantially electrically isolated from the formation
US7561776B2 (en) * 2005-11-29 2009-07-14 Petrospec Engineering Ltd. Method of preventing hydrogen darkening of optic fibre
US7610692B2 (en) 2006-01-18 2009-11-03 Earthrenew, Inc. Systems for prevention of HAP emissions and for efficient drying/dehydration processes
US7921907B2 (en) * 2006-01-20 2011-04-12 American Shale Oil, Llc In situ method and system for extraction of oil from shale
US7743826B2 (en) * 2006-01-20 2010-06-29 American Shale Oil, Llc In situ method and system for extraction of oil from shale
US7484561B2 (en) * 2006-02-21 2009-02-03 Pyrophase, Inc. Electro thermal in situ energy storage for intermittent energy sources to recover fuel from hydro carbonaceous earth formations
US7644993B2 (en) 2006-04-21 2010-01-12 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company In situ co-development of oil shale with mineral recovery
EP2010755A4 (en) 2006-04-21 2016-02-24 Shell Int Research Time sequenced heating of multiple layers in a hydrocarbon containing formation
CA2858464A1 (en) * 2006-10-13 2008-04-24 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Improved method of developing a subsurface freeze zone using formation fractures
JO2982B1 (en) * 2006-10-13 2016-03-15 Exxonmobil Upstream Res Co Optimized well spacing for in situ shale oil development
AU2007313395B2 (en) 2006-10-13 2013-11-07 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Enhanced shale oil production by in situ heating using hydraulically fractured producing wells
WO2008048454A2 (en) 2006-10-13 2008-04-24 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Combined development of oil shale by in situ heating with a deeper hydrocarbon resource
WO2008051834A2 (en) 2006-10-20 2008-05-02 Shell Oil Company Heating hydrocarbon containing formations in a spiral startup staged sequence
DE102007008292B4 (en) * 2007-02-16 2009-08-13 Siemens Ag Apparatus and method for recovering a hydrocarbonaceous substance while reducing its viscosity from an underground deposit
US8087460B2 (en) 2007-03-22 2012-01-03 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Granular electrical connections for in situ formation heating
CN101636555A (en) 2007-03-22 2010-01-27 埃克森美孚上游研究公司 Resistive heater for in situ formation heating
US7735554B2 (en) * 2007-03-29 2010-06-15 Texyn Hydrocarbon, Llc System and method for recovery of fuel products from subterranean carbonaceous deposits via an electric device
AU2008242808B2 (en) 2007-04-20 2011-09-22 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Varying properties of in situ heat treatment of a tar sands formation based on assessed viscosities
CN101680285B (en) * 2007-05-15 2013-05-15 埃克森美孚上游研究公司 Downhole burners for in situ conversion of organic-rich rock formations
US8151877B2 (en) 2007-05-15 2012-04-10 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Downhole burner wells for in situ conversion of organic-rich rock formations
BRPI0810590A2 (en) 2007-05-25 2014-10-21 Exxonmobil Upstream Res Co IN SITU METHOD OF PRODUCING HYDROCARBON FLUIDS FROM A ROCK FORMATION RICH IN ORGANIC MATTER
US8146664B2 (en) 2007-05-25 2012-04-03 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Utilization of low BTU gas generated during in situ heating of organic-rich rock
US7559999B2 (en) * 2007-08-23 2009-07-14 Transportation Technology Center, Inc. Railroad wheel steels having improved resistance to rolling contact fatigue
US7591909B2 (en) * 2007-08-23 2009-09-22 Transportation Technology Center, Inc. Railroad wheel steels having improved resistance to rolling contact fatigue
DE102008022176A1 (en) * 2007-08-27 2009-11-12 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Device for "in situ" production of bitumen or heavy oil
US20090067776A1 (en) * 2007-09-11 2009-03-12 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Optical fibers
WO2009052042A1 (en) 2007-10-19 2009-04-23 Shell Oil Company Cryogenic treatment of gas
US7913755B2 (en) 2007-10-19 2011-03-29 Baker Hughes Incorporated Device and system for well completion and control and method for completing and controlling a well
JP5353708B2 (en) * 2007-11-19 2013-11-27 株式会社ニコン Interferometer
US8082995B2 (en) 2007-12-10 2011-12-27 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Optimization of untreated oil shale geometry to control subsidence
WO2009082655A1 (en) * 2007-12-20 2009-07-02 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Millimeter-wave drilling and fracturing system
US8090227B2 (en) * 2007-12-28 2012-01-03 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Purging of fiber optic conduits in subterranean wells
US9188086B2 (en) * 2008-01-07 2015-11-17 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Coupled thermochemical reactors and engines, and associated systems and methods
US8318131B2 (en) 2008-01-07 2012-11-27 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Chemical processes and reactors for efficiently producing hydrogen fuels and structural materials, and associated systems and methods
CA2718054C (en) * 2008-03-10 2016-01-12 Quick Connectors, Inc. Heater cable to pump cable connector and method of installation
US20090260812A1 (en) * 2008-04-18 2009-10-22 Michael Anthony Reynolds Methods of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation
EA019751B1 (en) * 2008-04-18 2014-06-30 Шелл Интернэшнл Рисерч Маатсхаппий Б.В. Method and system for treating a subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation
US20090260811A1 (en) * 2008-04-18 2009-10-22 Jingyu Cui Methods for generation of subsurface heat for treatment of a hydrocarbon containing formation
US8555958B2 (en) 2008-05-13 2013-10-15 Baker Hughes Incorporated Pipeless steam assisted gravity drainage system and method
US8113292B2 (en) 2008-05-13 2012-02-14 Baker Hughes Incorporated Strokable liner hanger and method
US8171999B2 (en) 2008-05-13 2012-05-08 Baker Huges Incorporated Downhole flow control device and method
EP2279539A1 (en) 2008-05-15 2011-02-02 Johnson Controls Saft Advanced Power Solutions LLC Battery system
CN102037211B (en) 2008-05-23 2014-12-17 埃克森美孚上游研究公司 Field management for substantially constant composition gas generation
GB0809976D0 (en) * 2008-06-02 2008-07-09 Edwards Ltd Vacuum pumping systems
US8122956B2 (en) 2008-07-03 2012-02-28 Baker Hughes Incorporated Magnetic stirrer
GB2462070B (en) * 2008-07-18 2010-06-30 Weston Aerospace Ltd Contactless connector for use in a gas turbine
DE102008036270A1 (en) * 2008-08-04 2010-02-11 Ewe Ag Apparatus for continuously preheating a mixture of fuel gas, in particular natural gas and oxygen
US7882707B2 (en) * 2008-08-04 2011-02-08 Lawrence Dean Leabo Refrigeration hot gas desuperheater systems
DE102008044955A1 (en) * 2008-08-29 2010-03-04 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method and apparatus for "in situ" production of bitumen or heavy oil
US9561066B2 (en) 2008-10-06 2017-02-07 Virender K. Sharma Method and apparatus for tissue ablation
US9561068B2 (en) 2008-10-06 2017-02-07 Virender K. Sharma Method and apparatus for tissue ablation
US10064697B2 (en) 2008-10-06 2018-09-04 Santa Anna Tech Llc Vapor based ablation system for treating various indications
US10695126B2 (en) 2008-10-06 2020-06-30 Santa Anna Tech Llc Catheter with a double balloon structure to generate and apply a heated ablative zone to tissue
US9700365B2 (en) 2008-10-06 2017-07-11 Santa Anna Tech Llc Method and apparatus for the ablation of gastrointestinal tissue
US8261832B2 (en) 2008-10-13 2012-09-11 Shell Oil Company Heating subsurface formations with fluids
US8506661B2 (en) * 2008-10-24 2013-08-13 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Polishing slurry for copper films
WO2010051093A1 (en) * 2008-10-29 2010-05-06 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Electrically conductive methods for heating a subsurface formation to convert organic matter into hydrocarbon fluids
DE102008054935A1 (en) * 2008-12-18 2010-06-24 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Refrigerating appliance with a defrost heater
US8441361B2 (en) 2010-02-13 2013-05-14 Mcallister Technologies, Llc Methods and apparatuses for detection of properties of fluid conveyance systems
US20110203776A1 (en) * 2009-02-17 2011-08-25 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Thermal transfer device and associated systems and methods
BRPI1008388A2 (en) 2009-02-23 2017-06-27 Exxonmobil Upstream Res Co method and system for recovering hydrocarbons from a subsurface formation in a development area, and method for treating water in a water treatment facility
US8616323B1 (en) 2009-03-11 2013-12-31 Echogen Power Systems Hybrid power systems
AU2013201165B2 (en) * 2009-04-07 2015-11-12 Gas Technology Institute Hydropyrolysis of biomass for producing high quality liquid fuels
US8915981B2 (en) * 2009-04-07 2014-12-23 Gas Technology Institute Method for producing methane from biomass
US20100251600A1 (en) * 2009-04-07 2010-10-07 Gas Technology Institute Hydropyrolysis of biomass for producing high quality liquid fuels
US9447328B2 (en) 2009-04-07 2016-09-20 Gas Technology Institute Hydropyrolysis of biomass for producing high quality liquid fuels
US8492600B2 (en) * 2009-04-07 2013-07-23 Gas Technology Institute Hydropyrolysis of biomass for producing high quality fuels
US8448707B2 (en) 2009-04-10 2013-05-28 Shell Oil Company Non-conducting heater casings
US8136587B2 (en) * 2009-04-14 2012-03-20 Baker Hughes Incorporated Slickline conveyed tubular scraper system
US9014791B2 (en) 2009-04-17 2015-04-21 Echogen Power Systems, Llc System and method for managing thermal issues in gas turbine engines
WO2010129174A1 (en) 2009-05-05 2010-11-11 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Converting organic matter from a subterranean formation into producible hydrocarbons by controlling production operations based on availability of one or more production resources
WO2010135584A2 (en) * 2009-05-20 2010-11-25 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Downhole sensor tool with a sealed sensor outsert
US20100300674A1 (en) * 2009-06-02 2010-12-02 Baker Hughes Incorporated Permeability flow balancing within integral screen joints
US8151881B2 (en) 2009-06-02 2012-04-10 Baker Hughes Incorporated Permeability flow balancing within integral screen joints
US8132624B2 (en) 2009-06-02 2012-03-13 Baker Hughes Incorporated Permeability flow balancing within integral screen joints and method
US8056627B2 (en) 2009-06-02 2011-11-15 Baker Hughes Incorporated Permeability flow balancing within integral screen joints and method
US9854995B2 (en) * 2009-06-05 2018-01-02 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Non-invasive, non contact system, electronic control unit, and associated methodology for minimizing muscle stress and improving circulation
CA2766637A1 (en) 2009-06-22 2010-12-29 Echogen Power Systems Inc. System and method for managing thermal issues in one or more industrial processes
US8967260B2 (en) 2009-07-02 2015-03-03 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company System and method for enhancing the production of hydrocarbons
JP5714006B2 (en) * 2009-07-15 2015-05-07 リカレント・エンジニアリング・エルエルシー System and method for increasing carina cycle efficiency
WO2011014521A1 (en) * 2009-07-28 2011-02-03 Geotek Energy, Llc Subsurface well completion system having a heat exchanger
US8439105B2 (en) * 2009-07-28 2013-05-14 Geotek Energy, Llc Completion system for subsurface equipment
US9316404B2 (en) 2009-08-04 2016-04-19 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Heat pump with integral solar collector
WO2011017413A2 (en) 2009-08-05 2011-02-10 Shell Oil Company Use of fiber optics to monitor cement quality
WO2011017416A2 (en) 2009-08-05 2011-02-10 5Shell Oil Company Systems and methods for monitoring a well
US8813497B2 (en) 2009-09-17 2014-08-26 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Automated mass management control
US8869531B2 (en) 2009-09-17 2014-10-28 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Heat engines with cascade cycles
US9115605B2 (en) 2009-09-17 2015-08-25 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Thermal energy conversion device
US8613195B2 (en) 2009-09-17 2013-12-24 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Heat engine and heat to electricity systems and methods with working fluid mass management control
WO2011044489A1 (en) * 2009-10-09 2011-04-14 Shell Oil Company Methods for assessing a temperature in a subsurface formation
US9466896B2 (en) 2009-10-09 2016-10-11 Shell Oil Company Parallelogram coupling joint for coupling insulated conductors
US8356935B2 (en) 2009-10-09 2013-01-22 Shell Oil Company Methods for assessing a temperature in a subsurface formation
US8816203B2 (en) 2009-10-09 2014-08-26 Shell Oil Company Compacted coupling joint for coupling insulated conductors
US8656998B2 (en) 2009-11-23 2014-02-25 Conocophillips Company In situ heating for reservoir chamber development
EP2332654B1 (en) * 2009-12-09 2014-04-02 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG System and method for cycling liquid samples through a series of temperature excursions
US8863839B2 (en) 2009-12-17 2014-10-21 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Enhanced convection for in situ pyrolysis of organic-rich rock formations
AU2011216244A1 (en) * 2010-02-13 2012-09-06 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Reactor vessels with transmissive surfaces for producing hydrogen-based fuels and structural elements, and associated systems and methods
CA2789691A1 (en) * 2010-02-13 2011-08-18 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Chemical reactors with re-radiating surfaces and associated systems and methods
US8939207B2 (en) 2010-04-09 2015-01-27 Shell Oil Company Insulated conductor heaters with semiconductor layers
US8739874B2 (en) 2010-04-09 2014-06-03 Shell Oil Company Methods for heating with slots in hydrocarbon formations
AU2011237624B2 (en) * 2010-04-09 2015-01-22 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Leak detection in circulated fluid systems for heating subsurface formations
US8833453B2 (en) 2010-04-09 2014-09-16 Shell Oil Company Electrodes for electrical current flow heating of subsurface formations with tapered copper thickness
US8631866B2 (en) 2010-04-09 2014-01-21 Shell Oil Company Leak detection in circulated fluid systems for heating subsurface formations
US9033042B2 (en) 2010-04-09 2015-05-19 Shell Oil Company Forming bitumen barriers in subsurface hydrocarbon formations
US8967259B2 (en) 2010-04-09 2015-03-03 Shell Oil Company Helical winding of insulated conductor heaters for installation
US8430174B2 (en) 2010-09-10 2013-04-30 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Anhydrous boron-based timed delay plugs
US8464792B2 (en) * 2010-04-27 2013-06-18 American Shale Oil, Llc Conduction convection reflux retorting process
US20110277992A1 (en) * 2010-05-14 2011-11-17 Paul Grimes Systems and methods for enhanced recovery of hydrocarbonaceous fluids
US8646899B2 (en) * 2010-05-28 2014-02-11 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Methods and apparatus for ink drying
US8408287B2 (en) * 2010-06-03 2013-04-02 Electro-Petroleum, Inc. Electrical jumper for a producing oil well
US8476562B2 (en) 2010-06-04 2013-07-02 Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company Inductive heater humidifier
TW201604465A (en) 2010-06-15 2016-02-01 拜歐菲樂Ｉｐ有限責任公司 Methods, devices and systems for extraction of thermal energy from a heat conducting metal conduit
US8894279B2 (en) * 2010-08-06 2014-11-25 Sloan Victor Cryogenic transition detection
US8542790B2 (en) * 2010-08-06 2013-09-24 Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Llc Jet pump inspection apparatus
BR112013001022A2 (en) 2010-08-30 2016-05-24 Exxonmobil Upstream Res Compony olefin reduction for in situ pyrolysis oil generation
CA2806173C (en) 2010-08-30 2017-01-31 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Wellbore mechanical integrity for in situ pyrolysis
US20120073568A1 (en) * 2010-09-23 2012-03-29 Applied Nanstructured Solutions, Llc. Methods for in situ deposition of coatings and articles produced using same
US8943686B2 (en) 2010-10-08 2015-02-03 Shell Oil Company Compaction of electrical insulation for joining insulated conductors
US8857051B2 (en) 2010-10-08 2014-10-14 Shell Oil Company System and method for coupling lead-in conductor to insulated conductor
US8586867B2 (en) 2010-10-08 2013-11-19 Shell Oil Company End termination for three-phase insulated conductors
US8833443B2 (en) 2010-11-22 2014-09-16 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Retrievable swellable packer
US8857186B2 (en) 2010-11-29 2014-10-14 Echogen Power Systems, L.L.C. Heat engine cycles for high ambient conditions
US8783034B2 (en) 2011-11-07 2014-07-22 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Hot day cycle
US8616001B2 (en) 2010-11-29 2013-12-31 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Driven starter pump and start sequence
US8776518B1 (en) 2010-12-11 2014-07-15 Underground Recovery, LLC Method for the elimination of the atmospheric release of carbon dioxide and capture of nitrogen from the production of electricity by in situ combustion of fossil fuels
US9033033B2 (en) 2010-12-21 2015-05-19 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Electrokinetic enhanced hydrocarbon recovery from oil shale
US8839860B2 (en) 2010-12-22 2014-09-23 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. In-situ Kerogen conversion and product isolation
PL405595A1 (en) 2010-12-22 2014-05-12 Nexen Inc. Method for high-pressure hydraulic fracturing hydrocarbons on demand and the associated process
MX346005B (en) 2011-01-19 2016-02-24 Nexen Energy Ulc High pressure multistage centrifugal pump for fracturing hydrocarbon reserves.
CA2761321C (en) * 2011-02-11 2014-08-12 Cenovus Energy, Inc. Selective displacement of water in pressure communication with a hydrocarbon reservoir
CA2739953A1 (en) * 2011-02-11 2012-08-11 Cenovus Energy Inc. Method for displacement of water from a porous and permeable formation
US9016370B2 (en) 2011-04-08 2015-04-28 Shell Oil Company Partial solution mining of hydrocarbon containing layers prior to in situ heat treatment
AU2012240160B2 (en) 2011-04-08 2015-02-19 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Systems for joining insulated conductors
US8841495B2 (en) 2011-04-18 2014-09-23 Gas Technology Institute Bubbling bed catalytic hydropyrolysis process utilizing larger catalyst particles and smaller biomass particles featuring an anti-slugging reactor
WO2012165954A2 (en) * 2011-05-27 2012-12-06 Itrec B.V. Land based earth boring system
US9518463B2 (en) 2011-06-22 2016-12-13 Conocophillips Company Core capture and recovery from unconsolidated or friable formations and methods of use
WO2013025659A1 (en) 2011-08-12 2013-02-21 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Reducing and/or harvesting drag energy from transport vehicles, includings for chemical reactors, and associated systems and methods
US8734546B2 (en) 2011-08-12 2014-05-27 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Geothermal energization of a non-combustion chemical reactor and associated systems and methods
US8669014B2 (en) 2011-08-12 2014-03-11 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Fuel-cell systems operable in multiple modes for variable processing of feedstock materials and associated devices, systems, and methods
US8911703B2 (en) 2011-08-12 2014-12-16 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Reducing and/or harvesting drag energy from transport vehicles, including for chemical reactors, and associated systems and methods
US8888408B2 (en) 2011-08-12 2014-11-18 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Systems and methods for collecting and processing permafrost gases, and for cooling permafrost
WO2013025645A2 (en) * 2011-08-12 2013-02-21 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Systems and methods for collecting and processing permafrost gases, and for cooling permafrost
WO2013025650A1 (en) 2011-08-12 2013-02-21 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Mobile transport platforms for producing hydrogen and structural materials and associated systems and methods
US8826657B2 (en) 2011-08-12 2014-09-09 Mcallister Technologies, Llc Systems and methods for providing supplemental aqueous thermal energy
EP2742207A4 (en) 2011-08-12 2016-06-29 Mcalister Technologies Llc Systems and methods for extracting and processing gases from submerged sources
US8821602B2 (en) 2011-08-12 2014-09-02 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Systems and methods for providing supplemental aqueous thermal energy
US8673509B2 (en) 2011-08-12 2014-03-18 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Fuel-cell systems operable in multiple modes for variable processing of feedstock materials and associated devices, systems, and methods
WO2013055391A1 (en) 2011-10-03 2013-04-18 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Carbon dioxide refrigeration cycle
US9080917B2 (en) 2011-10-07 2015-07-14 Shell Oil Company System and methods for using dielectric properties of an insulated conductor in a subsurface formation to assess properties of the insulated conductor
JO3139B1 (en) 2011-10-07 2017-09-20 Shell Int Research Forming insulated conductors using a final reduction step after heat treating
CN103958824B (en) 2011-10-07 2016-10-26 国际壳牌研究有限公司 Regulate for heating the thermal expansion of the circulation of fluid system of subsurface formations
JO3141B1 (en) 2011-10-07 2017-09-20 Shell Int Research Integral splice for insulated conductors
CA2791725A1 (en) * 2011-10-07 2013-04-07 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Treating hydrocarbon formations using hybrid in situ heat treatment and steam methods
WO2013066772A1 (en) 2011-11-04 2013-05-10 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Multiple electrical connections to optimize heating for in situ pyrolysis
US20150315886A1 (en) * 2011-12-09 2015-11-05 Dmitry Ivanovich Potapenko Well treatment with high solids content fluids
TWI525184B (en) 2011-12-16 2016-03-11 拜歐菲樂Ｉｐ有限責任公司 Cryogenic injection compositions, systems and methods for cryogenically modulating flow in a conduit
US9181467B2 (en) 2011-12-22 2015-11-10 Uchicago Argonne, Llc Preparation and use of nano-catalysts for in-situ reaction with kerogen
US8851177B2 (en) 2011-12-22 2014-10-07 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. In-situ kerogen conversion and oxidant regeneration
US8701788B2 (en) 2011-12-22 2014-04-22 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Preconditioning a subsurface shale formation by removing extractible organics
US9605524B2 (en) 2012-01-23 2017-03-28 Genie Ip B.V. Heater pattern for in situ thermal processing of a subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation
CA2862463A1 (en) 2012-01-23 2013-08-01 Genie Ip B.V. Heater pattern for in situ thermal processing of a subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation
US9488027B2 (en) 2012-02-10 2016-11-08 Baker Hughes Incorporated Fiber reinforced polymer matrix nanocomposite downhole member
CA2811666C (en) 2012-04-05 2021-06-29 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Compaction of electrical insulation for joining insulated conductors
WO2013165711A1 (en) 2012-05-04 2013-11-07 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Systems and methods of detecting an intersection between a wellbore and a subterranean structure that includes a marker material
US8992771B2 (en) 2012-05-25 2015-03-31 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Isolating lubricating oils from subsurface shale formations
CA2780670C (en) * 2012-06-22 2017-10-31 Imperial Oil Resources Limited Improving recovery from a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir
US9074459B2 (en) * 2012-08-06 2015-07-07 Landmark Graphics Corporation System and method for simulation of downhole conditions in a well system
US9091278B2 (en) 2012-08-20 2015-07-28 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Supercritical working fluid circuit with a turbo pump and a start pump in series configuration
US9028171B1 (en) * 2012-09-19 2015-05-12 Josh Seldner Geothermal pyrolysis process and system
EP3348783B1 (en) * 2012-09-20 2020-07-15 nVent Services GmbH Downhole wellbore heating system
WO2014058777A1 (en) 2012-10-09 2014-04-17 Shell Oil Company Method for heating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore
US9118226B2 (en) 2012-10-12 2015-08-25 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Heat engine system with a supercritical working fluid and processes thereof
US9341084B2 (en) 2012-10-12 2016-05-17 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle for waste heat recovery
US9122033B2 (en) * 2012-10-15 2015-09-01 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Method to install sensing cables in monitoring wells
CA2889425A1 (en) * 2012-10-30 2014-05-08 Genie Ip B.V. Methods and apparatus for storage and recovery of hydrocarbon fluids
CA2892280A1 (en) * 2012-11-25 2014-05-30 Genie Ip B.V. Heater pattern including heaters powered by wind-electricity for in situ thermal processing of a subsurface hydrocarbon-containing formation
US20140158877A1 (en) * 2012-12-11 2014-06-12 Paul F. Wysocki Hydrogen resistant downhole optical fiber sensing
WO2014113724A2 (en) 2013-01-17 2014-07-24 Sharma Virender K Method and apparatus for tissue ablation
AU2014209091B2 (en) 2013-01-28 2018-03-15 Brett A. BOWAN Process for controlling a power turbine throttle valve during a supercritical carbon dioxide rankine cycle
US9638065B2 (en) 2013-01-28 2017-05-02 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Methods for reducing wear on components of a heat engine system at startup
US9194221B2 (en) 2013-02-13 2015-11-24 Harris Corporation Apparatus for heating hydrocarbons with RF antenna assembly having segmented dipole elements and related methods
WO2014130455A1 (en) * 2013-02-20 2014-08-28 Conocophillips Company Hybrid steam generation with carbon dioxide recycle
WO2014138035A1 (en) 2013-03-04 2014-09-12 Echogen Power Systems, L.L.C. Heat engine systems with high net power supercritical carbon dioxide circuits
US10501348B1 (en) 2013-03-14 2019-12-10 Angel Water, Inc. Water flow triggering of chlorination treatment
WO2014160301A1 (en) 2013-03-14 2014-10-02 Mcalister Technologies, Llc Method and apparatus for generating hydrogen from metal
US10316644B2 (en) 2013-04-04 2019-06-11 Shell Oil Company Temperature assessment using dielectric properties of an insulated conductor heater with selected electrical insulation
US9133779B2 (en) 2013-04-23 2015-09-15 Baker Hughes Incorporated Apparatus and methods for providing blended natural gas to at least one engine
CA2910486C (en) * 2013-04-30 2020-04-28 Statoil Canada Limited Method of recovering thermal energy
US9422798B2 (en) 2013-07-03 2016-08-23 Harris Corporation Hydrocarbon resource heating apparatus including ferromagnetic transmission line and related methods
US10053975B2 (en) * 2013-07-23 2018-08-21 Tubel Energy, Llc Wireless actuation and data acquisition with wireless communications system
DE102013214680A1 (en) * 2013-07-26 2015-01-29 Mahle International Gmbh Rolling shaft
EP3030738A2 (en) * 2013-08-08 2016-06-15 Senergy Holdings Limited Method for computing expected production from a well
US9543051B2 (en) * 2013-09-03 2017-01-10 Green Swan, Inc. System and method to control migration of contaminates within a water table
US20150083411A1 (en) * 2013-09-24 2015-03-26 Oborn Environmental Solutions, LLC Automated systems and methods for production of gas from groundwater aquifers
WO2015060919A1 (en) 2013-10-22 2015-04-30 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Systems and methods for regulating an in situ pyrolysis process
US9518434B1 (en) * 2013-10-23 2016-12-13 Drill Cool Systems, Inc. System for ascertaining and managing properties of a circulating wellbore fluid and method of using the same
US9394772B2 (en) 2013-11-07 2016-07-19 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Systems and methods for in situ resistive heating of organic matter in a subterranean formation
US9556723B2 (en) 2013-12-09 2017-01-31 Baker Hughes Incorporated Geosteering boreholes using distributed acoustic sensing
US10238764B2 (en) 2014-08-19 2019-03-26 Vapium Inc. Aromatherapy vaporization device
CA3176275A1 (en) 2014-02-18 2015-08-18 Athabasca Oil Corporation Cable-based well heater
AU2015241248B2 (en) 2014-04-04 2017-03-16 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Traveling unit and work vehicle
CN106413611A (en) 2014-04-17 2017-02-15 波士顿科学国际有限公司 Medical devices for therapeutic heat treatments
GB201413802D0 (en) * 2014-08-04 2014-09-17 Optasense Holdings Ltd Monitoring of reservoirs
US9451792B1 (en) * 2014-09-05 2016-09-27 Atmos Nation, LLC Systems and methods for vaporizing assembly
RU2685710C2 (en) 2014-09-17 2019-04-23 Сименс Акциенгезелльшафт Bullet-resistable electrical installation
US10570777B2 (en) 2014-11-03 2020-02-25 Echogen Power Systems, Llc Active thrust management of a turbopump within a supercritical working fluid circuit in a heat engine system
US9644466B2 (en) 2014-11-21 2017-05-09 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Method of recovering hydrocarbons within a subsurface formation using electric current
US10400563B2 (en) 2014-11-25 2019-09-03 Salamander Solutions, LLC Pyrolysis to pressurise oil formations
FR3032564B1 (en) * 2015-02-11 2017-03-03 Saipem Sa METHOD FOR CONNECTING CABLES WITH A UNIT DRIVING SECTION FOR VERTICALLY ASSEMBLING AN UNDERWATER FLUID TRANSPORT DRIVE
US10544656B2 (en) * 2015-04-01 2020-01-28 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Active fluid containment for mud tanks
US10392566B2 (en) 2015-04-27 2019-08-27 Gas Technology Institute Co-processing for control of hydropyrolysis processes and products thereof
GB2539045A (en) * 2015-06-05 2016-12-07 Statoil Asa Subsurface heater configuration for in situ hydrocarbon production
US9598942B2 (en) * 2015-08-19 2017-03-21 G&H Diversified Manufacturing Lp Igniter assembly for a setting tool
WO2017040753A1 (en) * 2015-09-01 2017-03-09 Exotex, Inc. Construction products and systems for providing geothermal heat
GB2542796A (en) * 2015-09-29 2017-04-05 Highview Entpr Ltd Improvements in heat recovery
WO2017062565A1 (en) 2015-10-07 2017-04-13 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Mixture of lafesih magnetic nanoparticles with different curie temperatures to improve inductive heating efficiency for hyperthermia therapy
WO2017059539A1 (en) * 2015-10-09 2017-04-13 Darkvision Technologies Inc. Devices and methods for imaging wells using phased array ultrasound
US20170122476A1 (en) * 2015-10-28 2017-05-04 General Electric Company Microwave-based fluid conduit heating system and method of operating the same
US10647933B2 (en) 2015-11-12 2020-05-12 Gas Technology Institute Activated carbon as a high value product of hydropyrolysis
CN106761625B (en) * 2015-11-24 2023-04-18 中国石油化工股份有限公司 Underground heat collection temperature control energy-saving well completion integrated pipe column and process
WO2017127722A1 (en) 2016-01-20 2017-07-27 Lucent Medical Systems, Inc. Low-frequency electromagnetic tracking
WO2017173188A1 (en) * 2016-03-30 2017-10-05 Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. Dual-rotor synchronous electrical machines
US11331140B2 (en) 2016-05-19 2022-05-17 Aqua Heart, Inc. Heated vapor ablation systems and methods for treating cardiac conditions
WO2018067713A1 (en) * 2016-10-06 2018-04-12 Shell Oil Company Subsurface electrical connections for high voltage, low current mineral insulated cable heaters
WO2018067715A1 (en) * 2016-10-06 2018-04-12 Shell Oil Company High voltage, low current mineral insulated cable heater
CA3078929A1 (en) * 2016-10-10 2018-04-19 Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System Closed loop enhanced oil recovery
CN106837292B (en) * 2017-03-24 2023-04-07 西安长庆科技工程有限责任公司 Ground process treatment system and method for different treatment scales of multilayer station yard
CN109201124A (en) * 2017-06-30 2019-01-15 上海轻工业研究所有限公司 Method is monitored and controlled in the transition of ion exchange resin
US10870810B2 (en) 2017-07-20 2020-12-22 Proteum Energy, Llc Method and system for converting associated gas
PL3441529T3 (en) * 2017-08-10 2021-04-06 Linde Gmbh Device and method for the freezing of soil
CN108397187B (en) * 2018-03-17 2021-09-21 河南理工大学 Optical fiber sensing array type acquisition system for coal bed gas dynamic pressure measurement
WO2019232432A1 (en) 2018-06-01 2019-12-05 Santa Anna Tech Llc Multi-stage vapor-based ablation treatment methods and vapor generation and delivery systems
CN110608023B (en) * 2018-06-15 2021-12-10 中国石油化工股份有限公司 Adaptability boundary analysis and evaluation method for stratified steam injection of thickened oil
US10883388B2 (en) 2018-06-27 2021-01-05 Echogen Power Systems Llc Systems and methods for generating electricity via a pumped thermal energy storage system
US11488747B2 (en) * 2018-06-28 2022-11-01 Advanced Conductor Technologies Llc Superconducting power cable system
RU195116U1 (en) * 2019-03-20 2020-01-15 Даян Катипович Сафин Instantaneous electric heater
US20220372854A1 (en) * 2019-07-08 2022-11-24 Bruno MLINAR Method for enhancing oil recovery
US10774611B1 (en) 2019-09-23 2020-09-15 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Method and system for microannulus sealing by galvanic deposition
US11492903B2 (en) 2019-10-11 2022-11-08 General Electric Company Systems and methods for enthalpy monitoring of a fluid
US20220395876A1 (en) * 2019-11-11 2022-12-15 Consolidated Biomedical Solutions, Inc. Apparatus and method for thermal processing of medical waste
AU2021200590A1 (en) * 2020-01-31 2021-08-19 Deep Coal Technologies Pty Ltd A method for the extraction of hydrocarbon
CN111502584A (en) * 2020-04-21 2020-08-07 中国海洋石油集团有限公司 Heat insulation thermostat for well head casing pipe refrigeration
US11435120B2 (en) 2020-05-05 2022-09-06 Echogen Power Systems (Delaware), Inc. Split expansion heat pump cycle
CN111502621B (en) * 2020-05-25 2022-04-01 山东立鑫石油机械制造有限公司 Thick oil double-injection thin-extraction device
US20220062811A1 (en) * 2020-09-02 2022-03-03 Conocophillips Company Condensate recovery unit
AU2021397292A1 (en) 2020-12-09 2023-07-06 Supercritical Storage Company, Inc. Three reservoir electric thermal energy storage system
CN113324889B (en) * 2021-06-01 2022-05-06 西南石油大学 Device for evaluating shale oil in-situ pyrolysis exploitation displacement efficiency and testing method
WO2023052973A1 (en) * 2021-09-28 2023-04-06 Anglo American Technical & Sustainability Services Ltd Carbon dioxide sequestration method and reactor
CN114059999B (en) * 2021-09-29 2023-06-06 成都理工大学 Gravity flow deposition cause logging identification method
WO2023154836A1 (en) * 2022-02-10 2023-08-17 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. In-situ downhole separation for oil and gas reservoirs
CN115492558B (en) * 2022-09-14 2023-04-14 中国石油大学(华东) Device and method for preventing secondary generation of hydrate in pressure-reducing exploitation shaft of sea natural gas hydrate

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4860544A (en) * 1988-12-08 1989-08-29 Concept R.K.K. Limited Closed cryogenic barrier for containment of hazardous material migration in the earth
US6099208A (en) * 1996-01-10 2000-08-08 Mcalister; Padraig Ice composite bodies
US6854929B2 (en) * 2001-10-24 2005-02-15 Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System Isolation of soil with a low temperature barrier prior to conductive thermal treatment of the soil
US20050051327A1 (en) * 2003-04-24 2005-03-10 Vinegar Harold J. Thermal processes for subsurface formations

Family Cites Families (909)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
SE123136C1 (en) 1948-01-01
US2734579A (en) 1956-02-14 Production from bituminous sands
SE126674C1 (en) 1949-01-01
US326439A (en) * 1885-09-15 Protecting wells
US48994A (en) 1865-07-25 Improvement in devices for oil-wells
CA899987A (en) 1972-05-09 Chisso Corporation Method for controlling heat generation locally in a heat-generating pipe utilizing skin effect current
US2732195A (en) * 1956-01-24 Ljungstrom
US94813A (en) * 1869-09-14 Improvement in torpedoes for oil-wells
US345586A (en) * 1886-07-13 Oil from wells
SE123138C1 (en) 1948-01-01
US760304A (en) * 1903-10-24 1904-05-17 Frank S Gilbert Heater for oil-wells.
US1342741A (en) 1918-01-17 1920-06-08 David T Day Process for extracting oils and hydrocarbon material from shale and similar bituminous rocks
US1269747A (en) 1918-04-06 1918-06-18 Lebbeus H Rogers Method of and apparatus for treating oil-shale.
GB156396A (en) 1919-12-10 1921-01-13 Wilson Woods Hoover An improved method of treating shale and recovering oil therefrom
US1457479A (en) 1920-01-12 1923-06-05 Edson R Wolcott Method of increasing the yield of oil wells
US1510655A (en) 1922-11-21 1924-10-07 Clark Cornelius Process of subterranean distillation of volatile mineral substances
US1634236A (en) 1925-03-10 1927-06-28 Standard Dev Co Method of and apparatus for recovering oil
US1646599A (en) 1925-04-30 1927-10-25 George A Schaefer Apparatus for removing fluid from wells
US1666488A (en) 1927-02-05 1928-04-17 Crawshaw Richard Apparatus for extracting oil from shale
US1681523A (en) 1927-03-26 1928-08-21 Patrick V Downey Apparatus for heating oil wells
US2011710A (en) * 1928-08-18 1935-08-20 Nat Aniline & Chem Co Inc Apparatus for measuring temperature
US1913395A (en) * 1929-11-14 1933-06-13 Lewis C Karrick Underground gasification of carbonaceous material-bearing substances
US1998123A (en) * 1932-08-25 1935-04-16 Socony Vacuum Oil Co Inc Process and apparatus for the distillation and conversion of hydrocarbons
US2144144A (en) * 1935-10-05 1939-01-17 Meria Tool Company Means for elevating liquids from wells
US2244255A (en) 1939-01-18 1941-06-03 Electrical Treating Company Well clearing system
US2244256A (en) * 1939-12-16 1941-06-03 Electrical Treating Company Apparatus for clearing wells
US2319702A (en) 1941-04-04 1943-05-18 Socony Vacuum Oil Co Inc Method and apparatus for producing oil wells
US2370507A (en) 1941-08-22 1945-02-27 Texas Co Production of gasoline hydrocarbons
US2365591A (en) 1942-08-15 1944-12-19 Ranney Leo Method for producing oil from viscous deposits
US2423674A (en) * 1942-08-24 1947-07-08 Johnson & Co A Process of catalytic cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons
US2381256A (en) 1942-10-06 1945-08-07 Texas Co Process for treating hydrocarbon fractions
US2390770A (en) 1942-10-10 1945-12-11 Sun Oil Co Method of producing petroleum
US2484063A (en) 1944-08-19 1949-10-11 Thermactor Corp Electric heater for subsurface materials
US2472445A (en) 1945-02-02 1949-06-07 Thermactor Company Apparatus for treating oil and gas bearing strata
US2481051A (en) * 1945-12-15 1949-09-06 Texaco Development Corp Process and apparatus for the recovery of volatilizable constituents from underground carbonaceous formations
US2444755A (en) 1946-01-04 1948-07-06 Ralph M Steffen Apparatus for oil sand heating
US2634961A (en) 1946-01-07 1953-04-14 Svensk Skifferolje Aktiebolage Method of electrothermal production of shale oil
US2466945A (en) 1946-02-21 1949-04-12 In Situ Gases Inc Generation of synthesis gas
US2497868A (en) * 1946-10-10 1950-02-21 Dalin David Underground exploitation of fuel deposits
US2939689A (en) 1947-06-24 1960-06-07 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Electrical heater for treating oilshale and the like
US2786660A (en) 1948-01-05 1957-03-26 Phillips Petroleum Co Apparatus for gasifying coal
US2548360A (en) 1948-03-29 1951-04-10 Stanley A Germain Electric oil well heater
US2685930A (en) 1948-08-12 1954-08-10 Union Oil Co Oil well production process
US2630307A (en) * 1948-12-09 1953-03-03 Carbonic Products Inc Method of recovering oil from oil shale
US2595979A (en) 1949-01-25 1952-05-06 Texas Co Underground liquefaction of coal
US2642943A (en) * 1949-05-20 1953-06-23 Sinclair Oil & Gas Co Oil recovery process
US2593477A (en) * 1949-06-10 1952-04-22 Us Interior Process of underground gasification of coal
GB674082A (en) 1949-06-15 1952-06-18 Nat Res Dev Improvements in or relating to the underground gasification of coal
US2670802A (en) 1949-12-16 1954-03-02 Thermactor Company Reviving or increasing the production of clogged or congested oil wells
US2623596A (en) 1950-05-16 1952-12-30 Atlantic Refining Co Method for producing oil by means of carbon dioxide
US2714930A (en) * 1950-12-08 1955-08-09 Union Oil Co Apparatus for preventing paraffin deposition
US2695163A (en) * 1950-12-09 1954-11-23 Stanolind Oil & Gas Co Method for gasification of subterranean carbonaceous deposits
US2647306A (en) 1951-04-14 1953-08-04 John C Hockery Can opener
US2630306A (en) * 1952-01-03 1953-03-03 Socony Vacuum Oil Co Inc Subterranean retorting of shales
US2757739A (en) * 1952-01-07 1956-08-07 Parelex Corp Heating apparatus
US2777679A (en) 1952-03-07 1957-01-15 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Recovering sub-surface bituminous deposits by creating a frozen barrier and heating in situ
US2780450A (en) * 1952-03-07 1957-02-05 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Method of recovering oil and gases from non-consolidated bituminous geological formations by a heating treatment in situ
US2789805A (en) * 1952-05-27 1957-04-23 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Device for recovering fuel from subterraneous fuel-carrying deposits by heating in their natural location using a chain heat transfer member
US2780449A (en) 1952-12-26 1957-02-05 Sinclair Oil & Gas Co Thermal process for in-situ decomposition of oil shale
US2825408A (en) 1953-03-09 1958-03-04 Sinclair Oil & Gas Company Oil recovery by subsurface thermal processing
US2783971A (en) 1953-03-11 1957-03-05 Engineering Lab Inc Apparatus for earth boring with pressurized air
US2771954A (en) * 1953-04-29 1956-11-27 Exxon Research Engineering Co Treatment of petroleum production wells
US2703621A (en) * 1953-05-04 1955-03-08 George W Ford Oil well bottom hole flow increasing unit
US2743906A (en) * 1953-05-08 1956-05-01 William E Coyle Hydraulic underreamer
US2803305A (en) 1953-05-14 1957-08-20 Pan American Petroleum Corp Oil recovery by underground combustion
US2914309A (en) 1953-05-25 1959-11-24 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Oil and gas recovery from tar sands
US2902270A (en) * 1953-07-17 1959-09-01 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Method of and means in heating of subsurface fuel-containing deposits "in situ"
US2890754A (en) * 1953-10-30 1959-06-16 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Apparatus for recovering combustible substances from subterraneous deposits in situ
US2882218A (en) 1953-12-09 1959-04-14 Kellogg M W Co Hydrocarbon conversion process
US2890755A (en) 1953-12-19 1959-06-16 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Apparatus for recovering combustible substances from subterraneous deposits in situ
US2841375A (en) 1954-03-03 1958-07-01 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Method for in-situ utilization of fuels by combustion
US2794504A (en) 1954-05-10 1957-06-04 Union Oil Co Well heater
US2793696A (en) 1954-07-22 1957-05-28 Pan American Petroleum Corp Oil recovery by underground combustion
US2781851A (en) * 1954-10-11 1957-02-19 Shell Dev Well tubing heater system
US2923535A (en) 1955-02-11 1960-02-02 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Situ recovery from carbonaceous deposits
US2799341A (en) * 1955-03-04 1957-07-16 Union Oil Co Selective plugging in oil wells
US2801089A (en) 1955-03-14 1957-07-30 California Research Corp Underground shale retorting process
US2862558A (en) * 1955-12-28 1958-12-02 Phillips Petroleum Co Recovering oils from formations
US2819761A (en) * 1956-01-19 1958-01-14 Continental Oil Co Process of removing viscous oil from a well bore
US2857002A (en) 1956-03-19 1958-10-21 Texas Co Recovery of viscous crude oil
US2906340A (en) * 1956-04-05 1959-09-29 Texaco Inc Method of treating a petroleum producing formation
US2991046A (en) 1956-04-16 1961-07-04 Parsons Lional Ashley Combined winch and bollard device
US2889882A (en) 1956-06-06 1959-06-09 Phillips Petroleum Co Oil recovery by in situ combustion
US3120264A (en) 1956-07-09 1964-02-04 Texaco Development Corp Recovery of oil by in situ combustion
US3016053A (en) 1956-08-02 1962-01-09 George J Medovick Underwater breathing apparatus
US2997105A (en) 1956-10-08 1961-08-22 Pan American Petroleum Corp Burner apparatus
US2932352A (en) 1956-10-25 1960-04-12 Union Oil Co Liquid filled well heater
US2804149A (en) * 1956-12-12 1957-08-27 John R Donaldson Oil well heater and reviver
US2952449A (en) * 1957-02-01 1960-09-13 Fmc Corp Method of forming underground communication between boreholes
US3127936A (en) * 1957-07-26 1964-04-07 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Method of in situ heating of subsurface preferably fuel containing deposits
US2942223A (en) * 1957-08-09 1960-06-21 Gen Electric Electrical resistance heater
US2906337A (en) 1957-08-16 1959-09-29 Pure Oil Co Method of recovering bitumen
US3007521A (en) 1957-10-28 1961-11-07 Phillips Petroleum Co Recovery of oil by in situ combustion
US3010516A (en) 1957-11-18 1961-11-28 Phillips Petroleum Co Burner and process for in situ combustion
US2954826A (en) 1957-12-02 1960-10-04 William E Sievers Heated well production string
US2994376A (en) * 1957-12-27 1961-08-01 Phillips Petroleum Co In situ combustion process
US3061009A (en) 1958-01-17 1962-10-30 Svenska Skifferolje Ab Method of recovery from fossil fuel bearing strata
US3062282A (en) 1958-01-24 1962-11-06 Phillips Petroleum Co Initiation of in situ combustion in a carbonaceous stratum
US3051235A (en) 1958-02-24 1962-08-28 Jersey Prod Res Co Recovery of petroleum crude oil, by in situ combustion and in situ hydrogenation
US3004603A (en) 1958-03-07 1961-10-17 Phillips Petroleum Co Heater
US3032102A (en) 1958-03-17 1962-05-01 Phillips Petroleum Co In situ combustion method
US3004596A (en) 1958-03-28 1961-10-17 Phillips Petroleum Co Process for recovery of hydrocarbons by in situ combustion
US3004601A (en) 1958-05-09 1961-10-17 Albert G Bodine Method and apparatus for augmenting oil recovery from wells by refrigeration
US3048221A (en) 1958-05-12 1962-08-07 Phillips Petroleum Co Hydrocarbon recovery by thermal drive
US3026940A (en) 1958-05-19 1962-03-27 Electronic Oil Well Heater Inc Oil well temperature indicator and control
US3010513A (en) 1958-06-12 1961-11-28 Phillips Petroleum Co Initiation of in situ combustion in carbonaceous stratum
US2958519A (en) 1958-06-23 1960-11-01 Phillips Petroleum Co In situ combustion process
US3044545A (en) * 1958-10-02 1962-07-17 Phillips Petroleum Co In situ combustion process
US3050123A (en) 1958-10-07 1962-08-21 Cities Service Res & Dev Co Gas fired oil-well burner
US2950240A (en) * 1958-10-10 1960-08-23 Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc Selective cracking of aliphatic hydrocarbons
US2974937A (en) 1958-11-03 1961-03-14 Jersey Prod Res Co Petroleum recovery from carbonaceous formations
US2998457A (en) 1958-11-19 1961-08-29 Ashland Oil Inc Production of phenols
US2970826A (en) 1958-11-21 1961-02-07 Texaco Inc Recovery of oil from oil shale
US3097690A (en) 1958-12-24 1963-07-16 Gulf Research Development Co Process for heating a subsurface formation
US3036632A (en) 1958-12-24 1962-05-29 Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc Recovery of hydrocarbon materials from earth formations by application of heat
US2969226A (en) 1959-01-19 1961-01-24 Pyrochem Corp Pendant parting petro pyrolysis process
US3017168A (en) 1959-01-26 1962-01-16 Phillips Petroleum Co In situ retorting of oil shale
US3110345A (en) 1959-02-26 1963-11-12 Gulf Research Development Co Low temperature reverse combustion process
US3113619A (en) 1959-03-30 1963-12-10 Phillips Petroleum Co Line drive counterflow in situ combustion process
US3113620A (en) 1959-07-06 1963-12-10 Exxon Research Engineering Co Process for producing viscous oil
US3113623A (en) 1959-07-20 1963-12-10 Union Oil Co Apparatus for underground retorting
US3181613A (en) 1959-07-20 1965-05-04 Union Oil Co Method and apparatus for subterranean heating
US3132692A (en) 1959-07-27 1964-05-12 Phillips Petroleum Co Use of formation heat from in situ combustion
US3116792A (en) 1959-07-27 1964-01-07 Phillips Petroleum Co In situ combustion process
US3150715A (en) 1959-09-30 1964-09-29 Shell Oil Co Oil recovery by in situ combustion with water injection
US3095031A (en) 1959-12-09 1963-06-25 Eurenius Malte Oscar Burners for use in bore holes in the ground
US3004911A (en) * 1959-12-11 1961-10-17 Phillips Petroleum Co Catalytic cracking process and two unit system
US3006142A (en) 1959-12-21 1961-10-31 Phillips Petroleum Co Jet engine combustion processes
US3131763A (en) 1959-12-30 1964-05-05 Texaco Inc Electrical borehole heater
US3163745A (en) 1960-02-29 1964-12-29 Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc Heating of an earth formation penetrated by a well borehole
US3127935A (en) 1960-04-08 1964-04-07 Marathon Oil Co In situ combustion for oil recovery in tar sands, oil shales and conventional petroleum reservoirs
US3137347A (en) 1960-05-09 1964-06-16 Phillips Petroleum Co In situ electrolinking of oil shale
US3139928A (en) 1960-05-24 1964-07-07 Shell Oil Co Thermal process for in situ decomposition of oil shale
US3058730A (en) 1960-06-03 1962-10-16 Fmc Corp Method of forming underground communication between boreholes
US3106244A (en) 1960-06-20 1963-10-08 Phillips Petroleum Co Process for producing oil shale in situ by electrocarbonization
US3142336A (en) 1960-07-18 1964-07-28 Shell Oil Co Method and apparatus for injecting steam into subsurface formations
US3084919A (en) 1960-08-03 1963-04-09 Texaco Inc Recovery of oil from oil shale by underground hydrogenation
US3105545A (en) 1960-11-21 1963-10-01 Shell Oil Co Method of heating underground formations
US3164207A (en) 1961-01-17 1965-01-05 Wayne H Thessen Method for recovering oil
US3138203A (en) 1961-03-06 1964-06-23 Jersey Prod Res Co Method of underground burning
US3191679A (en) 1961-04-13 1965-06-29 Wendell S Miller Melting process for recovering bitumens from the earth
US3207220A (en) 1961-06-26 1965-09-21 Chester I Williams Electric well heater
US3114417A (en) 1961-08-14 1963-12-17 Ernest T Saftig Electric oil well heater apparatus
US3246695A (en) 1961-08-21 1966-04-19 Charles L Robinson Method for heating minerals in situ with radioactive materials
US3057404A (en) 1961-09-29 1962-10-09 Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc Method and system for producing oil tenaciously held in porous formations
US3183675A (en) 1961-11-02 1965-05-18 Conch Int Methane Ltd Method of freezing an earth formation
US3170842A (en) 1961-11-06 1965-02-23 Phillips Petroleum Co Subcritical borehole nuclear reactor and process
US3209825A (en) 1962-02-14 1965-10-05 Continental Oil Co Low temperature in-situ combustion
US3205946A (en) 1962-03-12 1965-09-14 Shell Oil Co Consolidation by silica coalescence
US3165154A (en) 1962-03-23 1965-01-12 Phillips Petroleum Co Oil recovery by in situ combustion
US3149670A (en) 1962-03-27 1964-09-22 Smclair Res Inc In-situ heating process
US3214890A (en) 1962-04-19 1965-11-02 Marathon Oil Co Method of separation of hydrocarbons by a single absorption oil
US3149672A (en) 1962-05-04 1964-09-22 Jersey Prod Res Co Method and apparatus for electrical heating of oil-bearing formations
US3194315A (en) * 1962-06-26 1965-07-13 Charles D Golson Apparatus for isolating zones in wells
US3208531A (en) 1962-08-21 1965-09-28 Otis Eng Co Inserting tool for locating and anchoring a device in tubing
US3182721A (en) 1962-11-02 1965-05-11 Sun Oil Co Method of petroleum production by forward in situ combustion
US3288648A (en) 1963-02-04 1966-11-29 Pan American Petroleum Corp Process for producing electrical energy from geological liquid hydrocarbon formation
US3205942A (en) 1963-02-07 1965-09-14 Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc Method for recovery of hydrocarbons by in situ heating of oil shale
US3221505A (en) 1963-02-20 1965-12-07 Gulf Research Development Co Grouting method
US3221811A (en) 1963-03-11 1965-12-07 Shell Oil Co Mobile in-situ heating of formations
US3250327A (en) 1963-04-02 1966-05-10 Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc Recovering nonflowing hydrocarbons
US3241611A (en) 1963-04-10 1966-03-22 Equity Oil Company Recovery of petroleum products from oil shale
GB959945A (en) 1963-04-18 1964-06-03 Conch Int Methane Ltd Constructing a frozen wall within the ground
US3237689A (en) 1963-04-29 1966-03-01 Clarence I Justheim Distillation of underground deposits of solid carbonaceous materials in situ
US3205944A (en) 1963-06-14 1965-09-14 Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc Recovery of hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir by heating
US3233668A (en) 1963-11-15 1966-02-08 Exxon Production Research Co Recovery of shale oil
US3285335A (en) 1963-12-11 1966-11-15 Exxon Research Engineering Co In situ pyrolysis of oil shale formations
US3273640A (en) 1963-12-13 1966-09-20 Pyrochem Corp Pressure pulsing perpendicular permeability process for winning stabilized primary volatiles from oil shale in situ
US3272261A (en) * 1963-12-13 1966-09-13 Gulf Research Development Co Process for recovery of oil
US3275076A (en) * 1964-01-13 1966-09-27 Mobil Oil Corp Recovery of asphaltic-type petroleum from a subterranean reservoir
US3342258A (en) 1964-03-06 1967-09-19 Shell Oil Co Underground oil recovery from solid oil-bearing deposits
US3294167A (en) 1964-04-13 1966-12-27 Shell Oil Co Thermal oil recovery
US3284281A (en) 1964-08-31 1966-11-08 Phillips Petroleum Co Production of oil from oil shale through fractures
US3302707A (en) 1964-09-30 1967-02-07 Mobil Oil Corp Method for improving fluid recoveries from earthen formations
US3310109A (en) 1964-11-06 1967-03-21 Phillips Petroleum Co Process and apparatus for combination upgrading of oil in situ and refining thereof
US3380913A (en) 1964-12-28 1968-04-30 Phillips Petroleum Co Refining of effluent from in situ combustion operation
US3332480A (en) 1965-03-04 1967-07-25 Pan American Petroleum Corp Recovery of hydrocarbons by thermal methods
US3338306A (en) 1965-03-09 1967-08-29 Mobil Oil Corp Recovery of heavy oil from oil sands
US3358756A (en) * 1965-03-12 1967-12-19 Shell Oil Co Method for in situ recovery of solid or semi-solid petroleum deposits
US3262741A (en) 1965-04-01 1966-07-26 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Solution mining of potassium chloride
DE1242535B (en) 1965-04-13 1967-06-22 Deutsche Erdoel Ag Process for the removal of residual oil from oil deposits
US3316344A (en) 1965-04-26 1967-04-25 Central Electr Generat Board Prevention of icing of electrical conductors
US3342267A (en) 1965-04-29 1967-09-19 Gerald S Cotter Turbo-generator heater for oil and gas wells and pipe lines
US3278234A (en) 1965-05-17 1966-10-11 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Solution mining of potassium chloride
US3352355A (en) * 1965-06-23 1967-11-14 Dow Chemical Co Method of recovery of hydrocarbons from solid hydrocarbonaceous formations
US3349845A (en) 1965-10-22 1967-10-31 Sinclair Oil & Gas Company Method of establishing communication between wells
US3379248A (en) 1965-12-10 1968-04-23 Mobil Oil Corp In situ combustion process utilizing waste heat
US3424254A (en) * 1965-12-29 1969-01-28 Major Walter Huff Cryogenic method and apparatus for drilling hot geothermal zones
US3386508A (en) 1966-02-21 1968-06-04 Exxon Production Research Co Process and system for the recovery of viscous oil
US3362751A (en) 1966-02-28 1968-01-09 Tinlin William Method and system for recovering shale oil and gas
US3595082A (en) 1966-03-04 1971-07-27 Gulf Oil Corp Temperature measuring apparatus
US3410977A (en) 1966-03-28 1968-11-12 Ando Masao Method of and apparatus for heating the surface part of various construction materials
DE1615192B1 (en) 1966-04-01 1970-08-20 Chisso Corp Inductively heated heating pipe
US3410796A (en) 1966-04-04 1968-11-12 Gas Processors Inc Process for treatment of saline waters
US3513913A (en) 1966-04-19 1970-05-26 Shell Oil Co Oil recovery from oil shales by transverse combustion
US3372754A (en) * 1966-05-31 1968-03-12 Mobil Oil Corp Well assembly for heating a subterranean formation
US3399623A (en) 1966-07-14 1968-09-03 James R. Creed Apparatus for and method of producing viscid oil
US3412011A (en) 1966-09-02 1968-11-19 Phillips Petroleum Co Catalytic cracking and in situ combustion process for producing hydrocarbons
NL153755C (en) * 1966-10-20 1977-11-15 Stichting Reactor Centrum METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENT, AS WELL AS HEATING ELEMENT MANUFACTURED USING THIS METHOD.
US3465819A (en) 1967-02-13 1969-09-09 American Oil Shale Corp Use of nuclear detonations in producing hydrocarbons from an underground formation
US3389975A (en) 1967-03-10 1968-06-25 Sinclair Research Inc Process for the recovery of aluminum values from retorted shale and conversion of sodium aluminate to sodium aluminum carbonate hydroxide
NL6803827A (en) 1967-03-22 1968-09-23
US3528501A (en) 1967-08-04 1970-09-15 Phillips Petroleum Co Recovery of oil from oil shale
US3434541A (en) 1967-10-11 1969-03-25 Mobil Oil Corp In situ combustion process
US3485300A (en) 1967-12-20 1969-12-23 Phillips Petroleum Co Method and apparatus for defoaming crude oil down hole
US3477058A (en) 1968-02-01 1969-11-04 Gen Electric Magnesia insulated heating elements and methods of production
US3580987A (en) * 1968-03-26 1971-05-25 Pirelli Electric cable
US3455383A (en) 1968-04-24 1969-07-15 Shell Oil Co Method of producing fluidized material from a subterranean formation
US3578080A (en) 1968-06-10 1971-05-11 Shell Oil Co Method of producing shale oil from an oil shale formation
US3529682A (en) 1968-10-03 1970-09-22 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Location detection and guidance systems for burrowing device
US3537528A (en) 1968-10-14 1970-11-03 Shell Oil Co Method for producing shale oil from an exfoliated oil shale formation
US3593789A (en) 1968-10-18 1971-07-20 Shell Oil Co Method for producing shale oil from an oil shale formation
US3502372A (en) 1968-10-23 1970-03-24 Shell Oil Co Process of recovering oil and dawsonite from oil shale
US3565171A (en) 1968-10-23 1971-02-23 Shell Oil Co Method for producing shale oil from a subterranean oil shale formation
US3554285A (en) 1968-10-24 1971-01-12 Phillips Petroleum Co Production and upgrading of heavy viscous oils
US3629551A (en) 1968-10-29 1971-12-21 Chisso Corp Controlling heat generation locally in a heat-generating pipe utilizing skin-effect current
US3501201A (en) 1968-10-30 1970-03-17 Shell Oil Co Method of producing shale oil from a subterranean oil shale formation
US3617471A (en) 1968-12-26 1971-11-02 Texaco Inc Hydrotorting of shale to produce shale oil
US3614986A (en) 1969-03-03 1971-10-26 Electrothermic Co Method for injecting heated fluids into mineral bearing formations
US3562401A (en) * 1969-03-03 1971-02-09 Union Carbide Corp Low temperature electric transmission systems
US3542131A (en) 1969-04-01 1970-11-24 Mobil Oil Corp Method of recovering hydrocarbons from oil shale
US3547192A (en) 1969-04-04 1970-12-15 Shell Oil Co Method of metal coating and electrically heating a subterranean earth formation
US3618663A (en) 1969-05-01 1971-11-09 Phillips Petroleum Co Shale oil production
US3605890A (en) 1969-06-04 1971-09-20 Chevron Res Hydrogen production from a kerogen-depleted shale formation
US3572838A (en) 1969-07-07 1971-03-30 Shell Oil Co Recovery of aluminum compounds and oil from oil shale formations
US3526095A (en) * 1969-07-24 1970-09-01 Ralph E Peck Liquid gas storage system
DE1939402B2 (en) 1969-08-02 1970-12-03 Felten & Guilleaume Kabelwerk Method and device for corrugating pipe walls
US3599714A (en) * 1969-09-08 1971-08-17 Roger L Messman Method of recovering hydrocarbons by in situ combustion
US3614387A (en) 1969-09-22 1971-10-19 Watlow Electric Mfg Co Electrical heater with an internal thermocouple
US3547193A (en) 1969-10-08 1970-12-15 Electrothermic Co Method and apparatus for recovery of minerals from sub-surface formations using electricity
US3661423A (en) 1970-02-12 1972-05-09 Occidental Petroleum Corp In situ process for recovery of carbonaceous materials from subterranean deposits
US3943160A (en) 1970-03-09 1976-03-09 Shell Oil Company Heat-stable calcium-compatible waterflood surfactant
US3647358A (en) 1970-07-23 1972-03-07 Anti Pollution Systems Method of catalytically inducing oxidation of carbonaceous materials by the use of molten salts
US3759574A (en) * 1970-09-24 1973-09-18 Shell Oil Co Method of producing hydrocarbons from an oil shale formation
US4305463A (en) 1979-10-31 1981-12-15 Oil Trieval Corporation Oil recovery method and apparatus
US3679812A (en) 1970-11-13 1972-07-25 Schlumberger Technology Corp Electrical suspension cable for well tools
US3680633A (en) 1970-12-28 1972-08-01 Sun Oil Co Delaware Situ combustion initiation process
US3675715A (en) * 1970-12-30 1972-07-11 Forrester A Clark Processes for secondarily recovering oil
US3748251A (en) 1971-04-20 1973-07-24 Mobil Oil Corp Dual riser fluid catalytic cracking with zsm-5 zeolite
US3700280A (en) 1971-04-28 1972-10-24 Shell Oil Co Method of producing oil from an oil shale formation containing nahcolite and dawsonite
US3774701A (en) * 1971-05-07 1973-11-27 C Weaver Method and apparatus for drilling
US3770398A (en) 1971-09-17 1973-11-06 Cities Service Oil Co In situ coal gasification process
US3743854A (en) 1971-09-29 1973-07-03 Gen Electric System and apparatus for dual transmission of petrochemical fluids and unidirectional electric current
US3812913A (en) * 1971-10-18 1974-05-28 Sun Oil Co Method of formation consolidation
US3893918A (en) 1971-11-22 1975-07-08 Engineering Specialties Inc Method for separating material leaving a well
US3766982A (en) 1971-12-27 1973-10-23 Justheim Petrol Co Method for the in-situ treatment of hydrocarbonaceous materials
US3759328A (en) 1972-05-11 1973-09-18 Shell Oil Co Laterally expanding oil shale permeabilization
US3794116A (en) 1972-05-30 1974-02-26 Atomic Energy Commission Situ coal bed gasification
US3779602A (en) 1972-08-07 1973-12-18 Shell Oil Co Process for solution mining nahcolite
US3757860A (en) 1972-08-07 1973-09-11 Atlantic Richfield Co Well heating
US3761599A (en) 1972-09-05 1973-09-25 Gen Electric Means for reducing eddy current heating of a tank in electric apparatus
US3809159A (en) 1972-10-02 1974-05-07 Continental Oil Co Process for simultaneously increasing recovery and upgrading oil in a reservoir
US3804172A (en) 1972-10-11 1974-04-16 Shell Oil Co Method for the recovery of oil from oil shale
US3794113A (en) 1972-11-13 1974-02-26 Mobil Oil Corp Combination in situ combustion displacement and steam stimulation of producing wells
US3804169A (en) 1973-02-07 1974-04-16 Shell Oil Co Spreading-fluid recovery of subterranean oil
US3896260A (en) 1973-04-03 1975-07-22 Walter A Plummer Powder filled cable splice assembly
US3947683A (en) 1973-06-05 1976-03-30 Texaco Inc. Combination of epithermal and inelastic neutron scattering methods to locate coal and oil shale zones
US4076761A (en) 1973-08-09 1978-02-28 Mobil Oil Corporation Process for the manufacture of gasoline
US3881551A (en) 1973-10-12 1975-05-06 Ruel C Terry Method of extracting immobile hydrocarbons
US3907045A (en) 1973-11-30 1975-09-23 Continental Oil Co Guidance system for a horizontal drilling apparatus
US3853185A (en) 1973-11-30 1974-12-10 Continental Oil Co Guidance system for a horizontal drilling apparatus
US3882941A (en) 1973-12-17 1975-05-13 Cities Service Res & Dev Co In situ production of bitumen from oil shale
US3946812A (en) 1974-01-02 1976-03-30 Exxon Production Research Company Use of materials as waterflood additives
US4037655A (en) * 1974-04-19 1977-07-26 Electroflood Company Method for secondary recovery of oil
US4199025A (en) 1974-04-19 1980-04-22 Electroflood Company Method and apparatus for tertiary recovery of oil
US3922148A (en) 1974-05-16 1975-11-25 Texaco Development Corp Production of methane-rich gas
US3948755A (en) 1974-05-31 1976-04-06 Standard Oil Company Process for recovering and upgrading hydrocarbons from oil shale and tar sands
US3894769A (en) 1974-06-06 1975-07-15 Shell Oil Co Recovering oil from a subterranean carbonaceous formation
US3892270A (en) 1974-06-06 1975-07-01 Chevron Res Production of hydrocarbons from underground formations
US4006778A (en) 1974-06-21 1977-02-08 Texaco Exploration Canada Ltd. Thermal recovery of hydrocarbon from tar sands
US4026357A (en) 1974-06-26 1977-05-31 Texaco Exploration Canada Ltd. In situ gasification of solid hydrocarbon materials in a subterranean formation
US4005752A (en) 1974-07-26 1977-02-01 Occidental Petroleum Corporation Method of igniting in situ oil shale retort with fuel rich flue gas
US4014575A (en) 1974-07-26 1977-03-29 Occidental Petroleum Corporation System for fuel and products of oil shale retort
US4029360A (en) 1974-07-26 1977-06-14 Occidental Oil Shale, Inc. Method of recovering oil and water from in situ oil shale retort flue gas
US3941421A (en) 1974-08-13 1976-03-02 Occidental Petroleum Corporation Apparatus for obtaining uniform gas flow through an in situ oil shale retort
GB1454324A (en) 1974-08-14 1976-11-03 Iniex Recovering combustible gases from underground deposits of coal or bituminous shale
US3948319A (en) 1974-10-16 1976-04-06 Atlantic Richfield Company Method and apparatus for producing fluid by varying current flow through subterranean source formation
AR205595A1 (en) 1974-11-06 1976-05-14 Haldor Topsoe As PROCEDURE FOR PREPARING GASES RICH IN METHANE
US3933447A (en) 1974-11-08 1976-01-20 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Energy Research And Development Administration Underground gasification of coal
US4138442A (en) 1974-12-05 1979-02-06 Mobil Oil Corporation Process for the manufacture of gasoline
US3952802A (en) 1974-12-11 1976-04-27 In Situ Technology, Inc. Method and apparatus for in situ gasification of coal and the commercial products derived therefrom
US3986556A (en) 1975-01-06 1976-10-19 Haynes Charles A Hydrocarbon recovery from earth strata
US4042026A (en) 1975-02-08 1977-08-16 Deutsche Texaco Aktiengesellschaft Method for initiating an in-situ recovery process by the introduction of oxygen
US4096163A (en) 1975-04-08 1978-06-20 Mobil Oil Corporation Conversion of synthesis gas to hydrocarbon mixtures
US3924680A (en) 1975-04-23 1975-12-09 In Situ Technology Inc Method of pyrolysis of coal in situ
US3973628A (en) 1975-04-30 1976-08-10 New Mexico Tech Research Foundation In situ solution mining of coal
US3989108A (en) * 1975-05-16 1976-11-02 Texaco Inc. Water exclusion method for hydrocarbon production wells using freezing technique
US4016239A (en) 1975-05-22 1977-04-05 Union Oil Company Of California Recarbonation of spent oil shale
US3987851A (en) 1975-06-02 1976-10-26 Shell Oil Company Serially burning and pyrolyzing to produce shale oil from a subterranean oil shale
US3986557A (en) 1975-06-06 1976-10-19 Atlantic Richfield Company Production of bitumen from tar sands
US3950029A (en) 1975-06-12 1976-04-13 Mobil Oil Corporation In situ retorting of oil shale
US3993132A (en) 1975-06-18 1976-11-23 Texaco Exploration Canada Ltd. Thermal recovery of hydrocarbons from tar sands
US4069868A (en) 1975-07-14 1978-01-24 In Situ Technology, Inc. Methods of fluidized production of coal in situ
US4199024A (en) 1975-08-07 1980-04-22 World Energy Systems Multistage gas generator
US3954140A (en) 1975-08-13 1976-05-04 Hendrick Robert P Recovery of hydrocarbons by in situ thermal extraction
US3986349A (en) 1975-09-15 1976-10-19 Chevron Research Company Method of power generation via coal gasification and liquid hydrocarbon synthesis
US4037658A (en) 1975-10-30 1977-07-26 Chevron Research Company Method of recovering viscous petroleum from an underground formation
US3994341A (en) 1975-10-30 1976-11-30 Chevron Research Company Recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sand
US3994340A (en) 1975-10-30 1976-11-30 Chevron Research Company Method of recovering viscous petroleum from tar sand
US4087130A (en) 1975-11-03 1978-05-02 Occidental Petroleum Corporation Process for the gasification of coal in situ
US4018279A (en) * 1975-11-12 1977-04-19 Reynolds Merrill J In situ coal combustion heat recovery method
US4018280A (en) 1975-12-10 1977-04-19 Mobil Oil Corporation Process for in situ retorting of oil shale
US3992474A (en) 1975-12-15 1976-11-16 Uop Inc. Motor fuel production with fluid catalytic cracking of high-boiling alkylate
US4019575A (en) 1975-12-22 1977-04-26 Chevron Research Company System for recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sand
US4017319A (en) 1976-01-06 1977-04-12 General Electric Company Si3 N4 formed by nitridation of sintered silicon compact containing boron
US3999607A (en) 1976-01-22 1976-12-28 Exxon Research And Engineering Company Recovery of hydrocarbons from coal
US4031956A (en) 1976-02-12 1977-06-28 In Situ Technology, Inc. Method of recovering energy from subsurface petroleum reservoirs
US4008762A (en) 1976-02-26 1977-02-22 Fisher Sidney T Extraction of hydrocarbons in situ from underground hydrocarbon deposits
US4010800A (en) 1976-03-08 1977-03-08 In Situ Technology, Inc. Producing thin seams of coal in situ
US4048637A (en) 1976-03-23 1977-09-13 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Radar system for detecting slowly moving targets
DE2615874B2 (en) 1976-04-10 1978-10-19 Deutsche Texaco Ag, 2000 Hamburg Application of a method for extracting crude oil and bitumen from underground deposits by means of a combustion front in deposits of any content of intermediate hydrocarbons in the crude oil or bitumen
GB1544245A (en) 1976-05-21 1979-04-19 British Gas Corp Production of substitute natural gas
US4049053A (en) 1976-06-10 1977-09-20 Fisher Sidney T Recovery of hydrocarbons from partially exhausted oil wells by mechanical wave heating
US4487257A (en) 1976-06-17 1984-12-11 Raytheon Company Apparatus and method for production of organic products from kerogen
US4193451A (en) 1976-06-17 1980-03-18 The Badger Company, Inc. Method for production of organic products from kerogen
US4067390A (en) 1976-07-06 1978-01-10 Technology Application Services Corporation Apparatus and method for the recovery of fuel products from subterranean deposits of carbonaceous matter using a plasma arc
US4057293A (en) 1976-07-12 1977-11-08 Garrett Donald E Process for in situ conversion of coal or the like into oil and gas
US4043393A (en) 1976-07-29 1977-08-23 Fisher Sidney T Extraction from underground coal deposits
US4091869A (en) 1976-09-07 1978-05-30 Exxon Production Research Company In situ process for recovery of carbonaceous materials from subterranean deposits
US4083604A (en) 1976-11-15 1978-04-11 Trw Inc. Thermomechanical fracture for recovery system in oil shale deposits
US4065183A (en) 1976-11-15 1977-12-27 Trw Inc. Recovery system for oil shale deposits
US4059308A (en) 1976-11-15 1977-11-22 Trw Inc. Pressure swing recovery system for oil shale deposits
US4077471A (en) 1976-12-01 1978-03-07 Texaco Inc. Surfactant oil recovery process usable in high temperature, high salinity formations
US4064943A (en) 1976-12-06 1977-12-27 Shell Oil Co Plugging permeable earth formation with wax
US4089374A (en) 1976-12-16 1978-05-16 In Situ Technology, Inc. Producing methane from coal in situ
US4084637A (en) 1976-12-16 1978-04-18 Petro Canada Exploration Inc. Method of producing viscous materials from subterranean formations
US4120910A (en) * 1976-12-27 1978-10-17 Mobil Oil Corporation Aromatization of ethane
US4093026A (en) 1977-01-17 1978-06-06 Occidental Oil Shale, Inc. Removal of sulfur dioxide from process gas using treated oil shale and water
US4277416A (en) 1977-02-17 1981-07-07 Aminoil, Usa, Inc. Process for producing methanol
US4151877A (en) * 1977-05-13 1979-05-01 Occidental Oil Shale, Inc. Determining the locus of a processing zone in a retort through channels
US4099567A (en) 1977-05-27 1978-07-11 In Situ Technology, Inc. Generating medium BTU gas from coal in situ
US4169506A (en) 1977-07-15 1979-10-02 Standard Oil Company (Indiana) In situ retorting of oil shale and energy recovery
US4140180A (en) 1977-08-29 1979-02-20 Iit Research Institute Method for in situ heat processing of hydrocarbonaceous formations
US4144935A (en) 1977-08-29 1979-03-20 Iit Research Institute Apparatus and method for in situ heat processing of hydrocarbonaceous formations
NL181941C (en) 1977-09-16 1987-12-01 Ir Arnold Willem Josephus Grup METHOD FOR UNDERGROUND GASULATION OF COAL OR BROWN.
US4125159A (en) 1977-10-17 1978-11-14 Vann Roy Randell Method and apparatus for isolating and treating subsurface stratas
SU915451A1 (en) 1977-10-21 1988-08-23 Vnii Ispolzovania Method of underground gasification of fuel
US4119349A (en) 1977-10-25 1978-10-10 Gulf Oil Corporation Method and apparatus for recovery of fluids produced in in-situ retorting of oil shale
US4114688A (en) 1977-12-05 1978-09-19 In Situ Technology Inc. Minimizing environmental effects in production and use of coal
US4158467A (en) 1977-12-30 1979-06-19 Gulf Oil Corporation Process for recovering shale oil
US4148359A (en) 1978-01-30 1979-04-10 Shell Oil Company Pressure-balanced oil recovery process for water productive oil shale
DE2812490A1 (en) 1978-03-22 1979-09-27 Texaco Ag PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE SPATIAL EXTENSION OF SUBSEQUENT REACTIONS
US4162707A (en) 1978-04-20 1979-07-31 Mobil Oil Corporation Method of treating formation to remove ammonium ions
US4160479A (en) 1978-04-24 1979-07-10 Richardson Reginald D Heavy oil recovery process
US4197911A (en) 1978-05-09 1980-04-15 Ramcor, Inc. Process for in situ coal gasification
US4228853A (en) 1978-06-21 1980-10-21 Harvey A Herbert Petroleum production method
US4186801A (en) 1978-12-18 1980-02-05 Gulf Research And Development Company In situ combustion process for the recovery of liquid carbonaceous fuels from subterranean formations
US4185692A (en) 1978-07-14 1980-01-29 In Situ Technology, Inc. Underground linkage of wells for production of coal in situ
US4184548A (en) 1978-07-17 1980-01-22 Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Method for determining the position and inclination of a flame front during in situ combustion of an oil shale retort
US4183405A (en) 1978-10-02 1980-01-15 Magnie Robert L Enhanced recoveries of petroleum and hydrogen from underground reservoirs
US4446917A (en) 1978-10-04 1984-05-08 Todd John C Method and apparatus for producing viscous or waxy crude oils
ES474736A1 (en) 1978-10-31 1979-04-01 Empresa Nacional Aluminio System for generating and autocontrolling the voltage or current wave form applicable to processes for the electrolytic coloring of anodized aluminium
US4311340A (en) 1978-11-27 1982-01-19 Lyons William C Uranium leeching process and insitu mining
JPS5576586A (en) * 1978-12-01 1980-06-09 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Heater
US4457365A (en) 1978-12-07 1984-07-03 Raytheon Company In situ radio frequency selective heating system
US4299086A (en) 1978-12-07 1981-11-10 Gulf Research & Development Company Utilization of energy obtained by substoichiometric combustion of low heating value gases
US4265307A (en) 1978-12-20 1981-05-05 Standard Oil Company Shale oil recovery
US4194562A (en) 1978-12-21 1980-03-25 Texaco Inc. Method for preconditioning a subterranean oil-bearing formation prior to in-situ combustion
US4258955A (en) 1978-12-26 1981-03-31 Mobil Oil Corporation Process for in-situ leaching of uranium
US4274487A (en) 1979-01-11 1981-06-23 Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Indirect thermal stimulation of production wells
US4232902A (en) 1979-02-09 1980-11-11 Ppg Industries, Inc. Solution mining water soluble salts at high temperatures
US4324292A (en) 1979-02-21 1982-04-13 University Of Utah Process for recovering products from oil shale
US4260192A (en) * 1979-02-21 1981-04-07 Occidental Research Corporation Recovery of magnesia from oil shale
US4289354A (en) 1979-02-23 1981-09-15 Edwin G. Higgins, Jr. Borehole mining of solid mineral resources
US4243511A (en) * 1979-03-26 1981-01-06 Marathon Oil Company Process for suppressing carbonate decomposition in vapor phase water retorting
US4248306A (en) 1979-04-02 1981-02-03 Huisen Allan T Van Geothermal petroleum refining
US4282587A (en) 1979-05-21 1981-08-04 Daniel Silverman Method for monitoring the recovery of minerals from shallow geological formations
US4216079A (en) 1979-07-09 1980-08-05 Cities Service Company Emulsion breaking with surfactant recovery
US4234230A (en) 1979-07-11 1980-11-18 The Superior Oil Company In situ processing of mined oil shale
US4290650A (en) 1979-08-03 1981-09-22 Ppg Industries Canada Ltd. Subterranean cavity chimney development for connecting solution mined cavities
US4228854A (en) 1979-08-13 1980-10-21 Alberta Research Council Enhanced oil recovery using electrical means
US4256945A (en) 1979-08-31 1981-03-17 Iris Associates Alternating current electrically resistive heating element having intrinsic temperature control
US4701587A (en) 1979-08-31 1987-10-20 Metcal, Inc. Shielded heating element having intrinsic temperature control
US4549396A (en) 1979-10-01 1985-10-29 Mobil Oil Corporation Conversion of coal to electricity
US4370518A (en) 1979-12-03 1983-01-25 Hughes Tool Company Splice for lead-coated and insulated conductors
US4250230A (en) 1979-12-10 1981-02-10 In Situ Technology, Inc. Generating electricity from coal in situ
US4250962A (en) 1979-12-14 1981-02-17 Gulf Research & Development Company In situ combustion process for the recovery of liquid carbonaceous fuels from subterranean formations
US4398151A (en) 1980-01-25 1983-08-09 Shell Oil Company Method for correcting an electrical log for the presence of shale in a formation
US4359687A (en) 1980-01-25 1982-11-16 Shell Oil Company Method and apparatus for determining shaliness and oil saturations in earth formations using induced polarization in the frequency domain
US4285547A (en) * 1980-02-01 1981-08-25 Multi Mineral Corporation Integrated in situ shale oil and mineral recovery process
USRE30738E (en) 1980-02-06 1981-09-08 Iit Research Institute Apparatus and method for in situ heat processing of hydrocarbonaceous formations
US4303126A (en) 1980-02-27 1981-12-01 Chevron Research Company Arrangement of wells for producing subsurface viscous petroleum
US4269697A (en) 1980-02-27 1981-05-26 Mobil Oil Corporation Low pour point heavy oils
US4375302A (en) 1980-03-03 1983-03-01 Nicholas Kalmar Process for the in situ recovery of both petroleum and inorganic mineral content of an oil shale deposit
US4445574A (en) 1980-03-24 1984-05-01 Geo Vann, Inc. Continuous borehole formed horizontally through a hydrocarbon producing formation
US4417782A (en) 1980-03-31 1983-11-29 Raychem Corporation Fiber optic temperature sensing
CA1168283A (en) 1980-04-14 1984-05-29 Hiroshi Teratani Electrode device for electrically heating underground deposits of hydrocarbons
US4273188A (en) 1980-04-30 1981-06-16 Gulf Research & Development Company In situ combustion process for the recovery of liquid carbonaceous fuels from subterranean formations
US4306621A (en) 1980-05-23 1981-12-22 Boyd R Michael Method for in situ coal gasification operations
US4287957A (en) * 1980-05-27 1981-09-08 Evans Robert F Cooling a drilling tool component with a separate flow stream of reduced-temperature gaseous drilling fluid
US4409090A (en) 1980-06-02 1983-10-11 University Of Utah Process for recovering products from tar sand
CA1165361A (en) 1980-06-03 1984-04-10 Toshiyuki Kobayashi Electrode unit for electrically heating underground hydrocarbon deposits
US4381641A (en) 1980-06-23 1983-05-03 Gulf Research & Development Company Substoichiometric combustion of low heating value gases
US4401099A (en) * 1980-07-11 1983-08-30 W.B. Combustion, Inc. Single-ended recuperative radiant tube assembly and method
US4299285A (en) 1980-07-21 1981-11-10 Gulf Research & Development Company Underground gasification of bituminous coal
US4396062A (en) 1980-10-06 1983-08-02 University Of Utah Research Foundation Apparatus and method for time-domain tracking of high-speed chemical reactions
US4353418A (en) 1980-10-20 1982-10-12 Standard Oil Company (Indiana) In situ retorting of oil shale
US4384613A (en) 1980-10-24 1983-05-24 Terra Tek, Inc. Method of in-situ retorting of carbonaceous material for recovery of organic liquids and gases
US4401163A (en) 1980-12-29 1983-08-30 The Standard Oil Company Modified in situ retorting of oil shale
US4385661A (en) 1981-01-07 1983-05-31 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Downhole steam generator with improved preheating, combustion and protection features
US4448251A (en) 1981-01-08 1984-05-15 Uop Inc. In situ conversion of hydrocarbonaceous oil
US4423311A (en) 1981-01-19 1983-12-27 Varney Sr Paul Electric heating apparatus for de-icing pipes
US4366668A (en) 1981-02-25 1983-01-04 Gulf Research & Development Company Substoichiometric combustion of low heating value gases
US4382469A (en) * 1981-03-10 1983-05-10 Electro-Petroleum, Inc. Method of in situ gasification
US4363361A (en) 1981-03-19 1982-12-14 Gulf Research & Development Company Substoichiometric combustion of low heating value gases
US4390067A (en) 1981-04-06 1983-06-28 Exxon Production Research Co. Method of treating reservoirs containing very viscous crude oil or bitumen
US4399866A (en) 1981-04-10 1983-08-23 Atlantic Richfield Company Method for controlling the flow of subterranean water into a selected zone in a permeable subterranean carbonaceous deposit
US4444255A (en) 1981-04-20 1984-04-24 Lloyd Geoffrey Apparatus and process for the recovery of oil
US4380930A (en) 1981-05-01 1983-04-26 Mobil Oil Corporation System for transmitting ultrasonic energy through core samples
US4378048A (en) 1981-05-08 1983-03-29 Gulf Research & Development Company Substoichiometric combustion of low heating value gases using different platinum catalysts
US4429745A (en) 1981-05-08 1984-02-07 Mobil Oil Corporation Oil recovery method
US4384614A (en) 1981-05-11 1983-05-24 Justheim Pertroleum Company Method of retorting oil shale by velocity flow of super-heated air
US4437519A (en) 1981-06-03 1984-03-20 Occidental Oil Shale, Inc. Reduction of shale oil pour point
US4368452A (en) 1981-06-22 1983-01-11 Kerr Jr Robert L Thermal protection of aluminum conductor junctions
US4428700A (en) 1981-08-03 1984-01-31 E. R. Johnson Associates, Inc. Method for disposing of waste materials
US4456065A (en) 1981-08-20 1984-06-26 Elektra Energie A.G. Heavy oil recovering
US4344483A (en) 1981-09-08 1982-08-17 Fisher Charles B Multiple-site underground magnetic heating of hydrocarbons
US4452491A (en) 1981-09-25 1984-06-05 Intercontinental Econergy Associates, Inc. Recovery of hydrocarbons from deep underground deposits of tar sands
US4425967A (en) 1981-10-07 1984-01-17 Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Ignition procedure and process for in situ retorting of oil shale
US4401162A (en) 1981-10-13 1983-08-30 Synfuel (An Indiana Limited Partnership) In situ oil shale process
US4605680A (en) 1981-10-13 1986-08-12 Chevron Research Company Conversion of synthesis gas to diesel fuel and gasoline
US4410042A (en) 1981-11-02 1983-10-18 Mobil Oil Corporation In-situ combustion method for recovery of heavy oil utilizing oxygen and carbon dioxide as initial oxidant
US4549073A (en) 1981-11-06 1985-10-22 Oximetrix, Inc. Current controller for resistive heating element
US4444258A (en) 1981-11-10 1984-04-24 Nicholas Kalmar In situ recovery of oil from oil shale
US4388176A (en) 1981-11-19 1983-06-14 Texaco Inc. Hydrocarbon conversion process
US4418752A (en) * 1982-01-07 1983-12-06 Conoco Inc. Thermal oil recovery with solvent recirculation
FR2519688A1 (en) 1982-01-08 1983-07-18 Elf Aquitaine SEALING SYSTEM FOR DRILLING WELLS IN WHICH CIRCULATES A HOT FLUID
US4397732A (en) 1982-02-11 1983-08-09 International Coal Refining Company Process for coal liquefaction employing selective coal feed
US4441985A (en) 1982-03-08 1984-04-10 Exxon Research And Engineering Co. Process for supplying the heat requirement of a retort for recovering oil from solids by partial indirect heating of in situ combustion gases, and combustion air, without the use of supplemental fuel
GB2117030B (en) 1982-03-17 1985-09-11 Cameron Iron Works Inc Method and apparatus for remote installations of dual tubing strings in a subsea well
US4530401A (en) 1982-04-05 1985-07-23 Mobil Oil Corporation Method for maximum in-situ visbreaking of heavy oil
CA1196594A (en) 1982-04-08 1985-11-12 Guy Savard Recovery of oil from tar sands
US4537252A (en) 1982-04-23 1985-08-27 Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Method of underground conversion of coal
US4491179A (en) 1982-04-26 1985-01-01 Pirson Sylvain J Method for oil recovery by in situ exfoliation drive
US4455215A (en) 1982-04-29 1984-06-19 Jarrott David M Process for the geoconversion of coal into oil
US4412585A (en) 1982-05-03 1983-11-01 Cities Service Company Electrothermal process for recovering hydrocarbons
US4415034A (en) 1982-05-03 1983-11-15 Cities Service Company Electrode well completion
US4524826A (en) 1982-06-14 1985-06-25 Texaco Inc. Method of heating an oil shale formation
US4457374A (en) 1982-06-29 1984-07-03 Standard Oil Company Transient response process for detecting in situ retorting conditions
US4442896A (en) 1982-07-21 1984-04-17 Reale Lucio V Treatment of underground beds
US4407973A (en) 1982-07-28 1983-10-04 The M. W. Kellogg Company Methanol from coal and natural gas
US4479541A (en) 1982-08-23 1984-10-30 Wang Fun Den Method and apparatus for recovery of oil, gas and mineral deposits by panel opening
US4460044A (en) 1982-08-31 1984-07-17 Chevron Research Company Advancing heated annulus steam drive
US4544478A (en) 1982-09-03 1985-10-01 Chevron Research Company Process for pyrolyzing hydrocarbonaceous solids to recover volatile hydrocarbons
US4463988A (en) 1982-09-07 1984-08-07 Cities Service Co. Horizontal heated plane process
US4458767A (en) 1982-09-28 1984-07-10 Mobil Oil Corporation Method for directionally drilling a first well to intersect a second well
US4485868A (en) 1982-09-29 1984-12-04 Iit Research Institute Method for recovery of viscous hydrocarbons by electromagnetic heating in situ
US4927857A (en) 1982-09-30 1990-05-22 Engelhard Corporation Method of methanol production
US4695713A (en) 1982-09-30 1987-09-22 Metcal, Inc. Autoregulating, electrically shielded heater
US4498531A (en) 1982-10-01 1985-02-12 Rockwell International Corporation Emission controller for indirect fired downhole steam generators
US4485869A (en) 1982-10-22 1984-12-04 Iit Research Institute Recovery of liquid hydrocarbons from oil shale by electromagnetic heating in situ
ATE21340T1 (en) 1982-11-22 1986-08-15 Shell Int Research PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST, THE CATALYST MANUFACTURED IN THIS WAY AND ITS USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HYDROCARBONS.
US4474238A (en) 1982-11-30 1984-10-02 Phillips Petroleum Company Method and apparatus for treatment of subsurface formations
US4498535A (en) 1982-11-30 1985-02-12 Iit Research Institute Apparatus and method for in situ controlled heat processing of hydrocarbonaceous formations with a controlled parameter line
US4752673A (en) 1982-12-01 1988-06-21 Metcal, Inc. Autoregulating heater
US4436613A (en) 1982-12-03 1984-03-13 Texaco Inc. Two stage catalytic cracking process
US4520229A (en) 1983-01-03 1985-05-28 Amerace Corporation Splice connector housing and assembly of cables employing same
US4483398A (en) 1983-01-14 1984-11-20 Exxon Production Research Co. In-situ retorting of oil shale
US4501326A (en) 1983-01-17 1985-02-26 Gulf Canada Limited In-situ recovery of viscous hydrocarbonaceous crude oil
US4609041A (en) 1983-02-10 1986-09-02 Magda Richard M Well hot oil system
US4526615A (en) * 1983-03-01 1985-07-02 Johnson Paul H Cellular heap leach process and apparatus
US4886118A (en) 1983-03-21 1989-12-12 Shell Oil Company Conductively heating a subterranean oil shale to create permeability and subsequently produce oil
US4640352A (en) 1983-03-21 1987-02-03 Shell Oil Company In-situ steam drive oil recovery process
US4458757A (en) 1983-04-25 1984-07-10 Exxon Research And Engineering Co. In situ shale-oil recovery process
US4524827A (en) 1983-04-29 1985-06-25 Iit Research Institute Single well stimulation for the recovery of liquid hydrocarbons from subsurface formations
US4545435A (en) 1983-04-29 1985-10-08 Iit Research Institute Conduction heating of hydrocarbonaceous formations
US4518548A (en) 1983-05-02 1985-05-21 Sulcon, Inc. Method of overlaying sulphur concrete on horizontal and vertical surfaces
US4470459A (en) 1983-05-09 1984-09-11 Halliburton Company Apparatus and method for controlled temperature heating of volumes of hydrocarbonaceous materials in earth formations
US4794226A (en) 1983-05-26 1988-12-27 Metcal, Inc. Self-regulating porous heater device
EP0130671A3 (en) 1983-05-26 1986-12-17 Metcal Inc. Multiple temperature autoregulating heater
US5073625A (en) 1983-05-26 1991-12-17 Metcal, Inc. Self-regulating porous heating device
DE3319732A1 (en) 1983-05-31 1984-12-06 Kraftwerk Union AG, 4330 Mülheim MEDIUM-POWER PLANT WITH INTEGRATED COAL GASIFICATION SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY AND METHANOL
US4658215A (en) 1983-06-20 1987-04-14 Shell Oil Company Method for induced polarization logging
US4583046A (en) 1983-06-20 1986-04-15 Shell Oil Company Apparatus for focused electrode induced polarization logging
US4717814A (en) 1983-06-27 1988-01-05 Metcal, Inc. Slotted autoregulating heater
US4439307A (en) * 1983-07-01 1984-03-27 Dravo Corporation Heating process gas for indirect shale oil retorting through the combustion of residual carbon in oil depleted shale
US4985313A (en) 1985-01-14 1991-01-15 Raychem Limited Wire and cable
US5209987A (en) 1983-07-08 1993-05-11 Raychem Limited Wire and cable
US4598392A (en) 1983-07-26 1986-07-01 Mobil Oil Corporation Vibratory signal sweep seismic prospecting method and apparatus
US4501445A (en) 1983-08-01 1985-02-26 Cities Service Company Method of in-situ hydrogenation of carbonaceous material
US4538682A (en) 1983-09-08 1985-09-03 Mcmanus James W Method and apparatus for removing oil well paraffin
US4573530A (en) 1983-11-07 1986-03-04 Mobil Oil Corporation In-situ gasification of tar sands utilizing a combustible gas
US4698149A (en) 1983-11-07 1987-10-06 Mobil Oil Corporation Enhanced recovery of hydrocarbonaceous fluids oil shale
US4489782A (en) 1983-12-12 1984-12-25 Atlantic Richfield Company Viscous oil production using electrical current heating and lateral drain holes
US4598772A (en) 1983-12-28 1986-07-08 Mobil Oil Corporation Method for operating a production well in an oxygen driven in-situ combustion oil recovery process
US4613754A (en) 1983-12-29 1986-09-23 Shell Oil Company Tomographic calibration apparatus
US4583242A (en) 1983-12-29 1986-04-15 Shell Oil Company Apparatus for positioning a sample in a computerized axial tomographic scanner
US4635197A (en) 1983-12-29 1987-01-06 Shell Oil Company High resolution tomographic imaging method
US4542648A (en) 1983-12-29 1985-09-24 Shell Oil Company Method of correlating a core sample with its original position in a borehole
US4571491A (en) 1983-12-29 1986-02-18 Shell Oil Company Method of imaging the atomic number of a sample
US4540882A (en) 1983-12-29 1985-09-10 Shell Oil Company Method of determining drilling fluid invasion
US4662439A (en) 1984-01-20 1987-05-05 Amoco Corporation Method of underground conversion of coal
US4572229A (en) 1984-02-02 1986-02-25 Thomas D. Mueller Variable proportioner
US4623401A (en) 1984-03-06 1986-11-18 Metcal, Inc. Heat treatment with an autoregulating heater
US4644283A (en) 1984-03-19 1987-02-17 Shell Oil Company In-situ method for determining pore size distribution, capillary pressure and permeability
US4637464A (en) 1984-03-22 1987-01-20 Amoco Corporation In situ retorting of oil shale with pulsed water purge
US4552214A (en) 1984-03-22 1985-11-12 Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Pulsed in situ retorting in an array of oil shale retorts
US4570715A (en) 1984-04-06 1986-02-18 Shell Oil Company Formation-tailored method and apparatus for uniformly heating long subterranean intervals at high temperature
US4577690A (en) 1984-04-18 1986-03-25 Mobil Oil Corporation Method of using seismic data to monitor firefloods
US4592423A (en) 1984-05-14 1986-06-03 Texaco Inc. Hydrocarbon stratum retorting means and method
US4597441A (en) 1984-05-25 1986-07-01 World Energy Systems, Inc. Recovery of oil by in situ hydrogenation
US4663711A (en) 1984-06-22 1987-05-05 Shell Oil Company Method of analyzing fluid saturation using computerized axial tomography
US4577503A (en) 1984-09-04 1986-03-25 International Business Machines Corporation Method and device for detecting a specific acoustic spectral feature
US4577691A (en) 1984-09-10 1986-03-25 Texaco Inc. Method and apparatus for producing viscous hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation
US4576231A (en) 1984-09-13 1986-03-18 Texaco Inc. Method and apparatus for combating encroachment by in situ treated formations
US4597444A (en) 1984-09-21 1986-07-01 Atlantic Richfield Company Method for excavating a large diameter shaft into the earth and at least partially through an oil-bearing formation
US4691771A (en) 1984-09-25 1987-09-08 Worldenergy Systems, Inc. Recovery of oil by in-situ combustion followed by in-situ hydrogenation
US4616705A (en) 1984-10-05 1986-10-14 Shell Oil Company Mini-well temperature profiling process
US4598770A (en) 1984-10-25 1986-07-08 Mobil Oil Corporation Thermal recovery method for viscous oil
JPS61104582A (en) 1984-10-25 1986-05-22 株式会社デンソー Sheathed heater
US4572299A (en) 1984-10-30 1986-02-25 Shell Oil Company Heater cable installation
US4669542A (en) 1984-11-21 1987-06-02 Mobil Oil Corporation Simultaneous recovery of crude from multiple zones in a reservoir
US4634187A (en) * 1984-11-21 1987-01-06 Isl Ventures, Inc. Method of in-situ leaching of ores
US4585066A (en) 1984-11-30 1986-04-29 Shell Oil Company Well treating process for installing a cable bundle containing strands of changing diameter
US4704514A (en) 1985-01-11 1987-11-03 Egmond Cor F Van Heating rate variant elongated electrical resistance heater
US4645906A (en) 1985-03-04 1987-02-24 Thermon Manufacturing Company Reduced resistance skin effect heat generating system
US4643256A (en) 1985-03-18 1987-02-17 Shell Oil Company Steam-foaming surfactant mixtures which are tolerant of divalent ions
US4785163A (en) 1985-03-26 1988-11-15 Raychem Corporation Method for monitoring a heater
US4698583A (en) 1985-03-26 1987-10-06 Raychem Corporation Method of monitoring a heater for faults
EP0199566A3 (en) 1985-04-19 1987-08-26 RAYCHEM GmbH Sheet heater
US4671102A (en) 1985-06-18 1987-06-09 Shell Oil Company Method and apparatus for determining distribution of fluids
US4626665A (en) 1985-06-24 1986-12-02 Shell Oil Company Metal oversheathed electrical resistance heater
US4623444A (en) 1985-06-27 1986-11-18 Occidental Oil Shale, Inc. Upgrading shale oil by a combination process
US4605489A (en) 1985-06-27 1986-08-12 Occidental Oil Shale, Inc. Upgrading shale oil by a combination process
US4662438A (en) 1985-07-19 1987-05-05 Uentech Corporation Method and apparatus for enhancing liquid hydrocarbon production from a single borehole in a slowly producing formation by non-uniform heating through optimized electrode arrays surrounding the borehole
US4728892A (en) 1985-08-13 1988-03-01 Shell Oil Company NMR imaging of materials
US4719423A (en) 1985-08-13 1988-01-12 Shell Oil Company NMR imaging of materials for transport properties
US4778586A (en) 1985-08-30 1988-10-18 Resource Technology Associates Viscosity reduction processing at elevated pressure
US4662437A (en) 1985-11-14 1987-05-05 Atlantic Richfield Company Electrically stimulated well production system with flexible tubing conductor
CA1253555A (en) 1985-11-21 1989-05-02 Cornelis F.H. Van Egmond Heating rate variant elongated electrical resistance heater
US4662443A (en) 1985-12-05 1987-05-05 Amoco Corporation Combination air-blown and oxygen-blown underground coal gasification process
US4849611A (en) 1985-12-16 1989-07-18 Raychem Corporation Self-regulating heater employing reactive components
US4730162A (en) 1985-12-31 1988-03-08 Shell Oil Company Time-domain induced polarization logging method and apparatus with gated amplification level
US4706751A (en) 1986-01-31 1987-11-17 S-Cal Research Corp. Heavy oil recovery process
US4694907A (en) 1986-02-21 1987-09-22 Carbotek, Inc. Thermally-enhanced oil recovery method and apparatus
US4640353A (en) 1986-03-21 1987-02-03 Atlantic Richfield Company Electrode well and method of completion
US4734115A (en) 1986-03-24 1988-03-29 Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Low pressure process for C3+ liquids recovery from process product gas
US4651825A (en) 1986-05-09 1987-03-24 Atlantic Richfield Company Enhanced well production
US4814587A (en) 1986-06-10 1989-03-21 Metcal, Inc. High power self-regulating heater
US4682652A (en) 1986-06-30 1987-07-28 Texaco Inc. Producing hydrocarbons through successively perforated intervals of a horizontal well between two vertical wells
US4893504A (en) 1986-07-02 1990-01-16 Shell Oil Company Method for determining capillary pressure and relative permeability by imaging
US4769602A (en) 1986-07-02 1988-09-06 Shell Oil Company Determining multiphase saturations by NMR imaging of multiple nuclides
US4716960A (en) 1986-07-14 1988-01-05 Production Technologies International, Inc. Method and system for introducing electric current into a well
US4818370A (en) 1986-07-23 1989-04-04 Cities Service Oil And Gas Corporation Process for converting heavy crudes, tars, and bitumens to lighter products in the presence of brine at supercritical conditions
US4772634A (en) 1986-07-31 1988-09-20 Energy Research Corporation Apparatus and method for methanol production using a fuel cell to regulate the gas composition entering the methanol synthesizer
US4744245A (en) 1986-08-12 1988-05-17 Atlantic Richfield Company Acoustic measurements in rock formations for determining fracture orientation
US4863585A (en) 1986-09-03 1989-09-05 Mobil Oil Corporation Fluidized catalytic cracking process utilizing a C3-C4 paraffin-rich Co-feed and mixed catalyst system with selective reactivation of the medium pore silicate zeolite component thereofo
US4769606A (en) 1986-09-30 1988-09-06 Shell Oil Company Induced polarization method and apparatus for distinguishing dispersed and laminated clay in earth formations
US4983319A (en) 1986-11-24 1991-01-08 Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. Preparation of low-viscosity improved stable crude oil transport emulsions
US5340467A (en) 1986-11-24 1994-08-23 Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. Process for recovery of hydrocarbons and rejection of sand
US5316664A (en) 1986-11-24 1994-05-31 Canadian Occidental Petroleum, Ltd. Process for recovery of hydrocarbons and rejection of sand
CA1288043C (en) 1986-12-15 1991-08-27 Peter Van Meurs Conductively heating a subterranean oil shale to create permeabilityand subsequently produce oil
US4766958A (en) 1987-01-12 1988-08-30 Mobil Oil Corporation Method of recovering viscous oil from reservoirs with multiple horizontal zones
US4756367A (en) 1987-04-28 1988-07-12 Amoco Corporation Method for producing natural gas from a coal seam
US4817711A (en) 1987-05-27 1989-04-04 Jeambey Calhoun G System for recovery of petroleum from petroleum impregnated media
US4818371A (en) 1987-06-05 1989-04-04 Resource Technology Associates Viscosity reduction by direct oxidative heating
US4787452A (en) 1987-06-08 1988-11-29 Mobil Oil Corporation Disposal of produced formation fines during oil recovery
US4821798A (en) 1987-06-09 1989-04-18 Ors Development Corporation Heating system for rathole oil well
US4793409A (en) 1987-06-18 1988-12-27 Ors Development Corporation Method and apparatus for forming an insulated oil well casing
US4856341A (en) 1987-06-25 1989-08-15 Shell Oil Company Apparatus for analysis of failure of material
US4827761A (en) 1987-06-25 1989-05-09 Shell Oil Company Sample holder
US4884455A (en) 1987-06-25 1989-12-05 Shell Oil Company Method for analysis of failure of material employing imaging
US4776638A (en) 1987-07-13 1988-10-11 University Of Kentucky Research Foundation Method and apparatus for conversion of coal in situ
US4848924A (en) 1987-08-19 1989-07-18 The Babcock & Wilcox Company Acoustic pyrometer
US4828031A (en) 1987-10-13 1989-05-09 Chevron Research Company In situ chemical stimulation of diatomite formations
US4762425A (en) 1987-10-15 1988-08-09 Parthasarathy Shakkottai System for temperature profile measurement in large furnances and kilns and method therefor
US4815791A (en) * 1987-10-22 1989-03-28 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Interior Bedded mineral extraction process
US5306640A (en) 1987-10-28 1994-04-26 Shell Oil Company Method for determining preselected properties of a crude oil
US4983278A (en) 1987-11-03 1991-01-08 Western Research Institute & Ilr Services Inc. Pyrolysis methods with product oil recycling
US4987368A (en) 1987-11-05 1991-01-22 Shell Oil Company Nuclear magnetism logging tool using high-temperature superconducting squid detectors
US4842448A (en) 1987-11-12 1989-06-27 Drexel University Method of removing contaminants from contaminated soil in situ
US4808925A (en) 1987-11-19 1989-02-28 Halliburton Company Three magnet casing collar locator
US4852648A (en) 1987-12-04 1989-08-01 Ava International Corporation Well installation in which electrical current is supplied for a source at the wellhead to an electrically responsive device located a substantial distance below the wellhead
US4823890A (en) 1988-02-23 1989-04-25 Longyear Company Reverse circulation bit apparatus
US4883582A (en) 1988-03-07 1989-11-28 Mccants Malcolm T Vis-breaking heavy crude oils for pumpability
US4866983A (en) 1988-04-14 1989-09-19 Shell Oil Company Analytical methods and apparatus for measuring the oil content of sponge core
US4815790A (en) 1988-05-13 1989-03-28 Natec, Ltd. Nahcolite solution mining process
US4885080A (en) 1988-05-25 1989-12-05 Phillips Petroleum Company Process for demetallizing and desulfurizing heavy crude oil
US5046560A (en) 1988-06-10 1991-09-10 Exxon Production Research Company Oil recovery process using arkyl aryl polyalkoxyol sulfonate surfactants as mobility control agents
US4928765A (en) 1988-09-27 1990-05-29 Ramex Syn-Fuels International Method and apparatus for shale gas recovery
US4856587A (en) 1988-10-27 1989-08-15 Nielson Jay P Recovery of oil from oil-bearing formation by continually flowing pressurized heated gas through channel alongside matrix
US5064006A (en) 1988-10-28 1991-11-12 Magrange, Inc Downhole combination tool
US4848460A (en) 1988-11-04 1989-07-18 Western Research Institute Contained recovery of oily waste
US5065501A (en) 1988-11-29 1991-11-19 Amp Incorporated Generating electromagnetic fields in a self regulating temperature heater by positioning of a current return bus
US4974425A (en) 1988-12-08 1990-12-04 Concept Rkk, Limited Closed cryogenic barrier for containment of hazardous material migration in the earth
US4940095A (en) 1989-01-27 1990-07-10 Dowell Schlumberger Incorporated Deployment/retrieval method and apparatus for well tools used with coiled tubing
US5103920A (en) 1989-03-01 1992-04-14 Patton Consulting Inc. Surveying system and method for locating target subterranean bodies
CA2015318C (en) 1990-04-24 1994-02-08 Jack E. Bridges Power sources for downhole electrical heating
US4895206A (en) 1989-03-16 1990-01-23 Price Ernest H Pulsed in situ exothermic shock wave and retorting process for hydrocarbon recovery and detoxification of selected wastes
US4913065A (en) 1989-03-27 1990-04-03 Indugas, Inc. In situ thermal waste disposal system
NL8901138A (en) 1989-05-03 1990-12-03 Nkf Kabel Bv PLUG-IN CONNECTION FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE PLASTIC CABLES.
DE3918265A1 (en) 1989-06-05 1991-01-03 Henkel Kgaa PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ETHANE SULPHONATE BASE TENSID MIXTURES AND THEIR USE
US5059303A (en) 1989-06-16 1991-10-22 Amoco Corporation Oil stabilization
US5041210A (en) * 1989-06-30 1991-08-20 Marathon Oil Company Oil shale retorting with steam and produced gas
DE3922612C2 (en) 1989-07-10 1998-07-02 Krupp Koppers Gmbh Process for the production of methanol synthesis gas
US4982786A (en) 1989-07-14 1991-01-08 Mobil Oil Corporation Use of CO2 /steam to enhance floods in horizontal wellbores
US5050386A (en) 1989-08-16 1991-09-24 Rkk, Limited Method and apparatus for containment of hazardous material migration in the earth
US5097903A (en) 1989-09-22 1992-03-24 Jack C. Sloan Method for recovering intractable petroleum from subterranean formations
US5305239A (en) 1989-10-04 1994-04-19 The Texas A&M University System Ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation of thin specimens
US4926941A (en) 1989-10-10 1990-05-22 Shell Oil Company Method of producing tar sand deposits containing conductive layers
US4984594A (en) 1989-10-27 1991-01-15 Shell Oil Company Vacuum method for removing soil contamination utilizing surface electrical heating
US5656239A (en) 1989-10-27 1997-08-12 Shell Oil Company Method for recovering contaminants from soil utilizing electrical heating
US5082055A (en) 1990-01-24 1992-01-21 Indugas, Inc. Gas fired radiant tube heater
US5020596A (en) 1990-01-24 1991-06-04 Indugas, Inc. Enhanced oil recovery system with a radiant tube heater
US5011329A (en) 1990-02-05 1991-04-30 Hrubetz Exploration Company In situ soil decontamination method and apparatus
CA2009782A1 (en) 1990-02-12 1991-08-12 Anoosh I. Kiamanesh In-situ tuned microwave oil extraction process
TW215446B (en) 1990-02-23 1993-11-01 Furukawa Electric Co Ltd
US5152341A (en) 1990-03-09 1992-10-06 Raymond S. Kasevich Electromagnetic method and apparatus for the decontamination of hazardous material-containing volumes
US5027896A (en) 1990-03-21 1991-07-02 Anderson Leonard M Method for in-situ recovery of energy raw material by the introduction of a water/oxygen slurry
GB9007147D0 (en) 1990-03-30 1990-05-30 Framo Dev Ltd Thermal mineral extraction system
CA2015460C (en) 1990-04-26 1993-12-14 Kenneth Edwin Kisman Process for confining steam injected into a heavy oil reservoir
US5126037A (en) 1990-05-04 1992-06-30 Union Oil Company Of California Geopreater heating method and apparatus
US5050601A (en) 1990-05-29 1991-09-24 Joel Kupersmith Cardiac defibrillator electrode arrangement
US5080776A (en) 1990-06-14 1992-01-14 Mobil Oil Corporation Hydrogen-balanced conversion of diamondoid-containing wash oils to gasoline
US5040601A (en) 1990-06-21 1991-08-20 Baker Hughes Incorporated Horizontal well bore system
US5201219A (en) 1990-06-29 1993-04-13 Amoco Corporation Method and apparatus for measuring free hydrocarbons and hydrocarbons potential from whole core
US5054551A (en) 1990-08-03 1991-10-08 Chevron Research And Technology Company In-situ heated annulus refining process
US5109928A (en) 1990-08-17 1992-05-05 Mccants Malcolm T Method for production of hydrocarbon diluent from heavy crude oil
US5042579A (en) 1990-08-23 1991-08-27 Shell Oil Company Method and apparatus for producing tar sand deposits containing conductive layers
US5046559A (en) 1990-08-23 1991-09-10 Shell Oil Company Method and apparatus for producing hydrocarbon bearing deposits in formations having shale layers
US5060726A (en) 1990-08-23 1991-10-29 Shell Oil Company Method and apparatus for producing tar sand deposits containing conductive layers having little or no vertical communication
BR9004240A (en) 1990-08-28 1992-03-24 Petroleo Brasileiro Sa ELECTRIC PIPE HEATING PROCESS
US5085276A (en) 1990-08-29 1992-02-04 Chevron Research And Technology Company Production of oil from low permeability formations by sequential steam fracturing
US5245161A (en) 1990-08-31 1993-09-14 Tokyo Kogyo Boyeki Shokai, Ltd. Electric heater
US5207273A (en) 1990-09-17 1993-05-04 Production Technologies International Inc. Method and apparatus for pumping wells
US5066852A (en) 1990-09-17 1991-11-19 Teledyne Ind. Inc. Thermoplastic end seal for electric heating elements
US5182427A (en) 1990-09-20 1993-01-26 Metcal, Inc. Self-regulating heater utilizing ferrite-type body
JPH04272680A (en) 1990-09-20 1992-09-29 Thermon Mfg Co Switch-controlled-zone type heating cable and assembling method thereof
US5517593A (en) 1990-10-01 1996-05-14 John Nenniger Control system for well stimulation apparatus with response time temperature rise used in determining heater control temperature setpoint
US5400430A (en) 1990-10-01 1995-03-21 Nenniger; John E. Method for injection well stimulation
US5070533A (en) * 1990-11-07 1991-12-03 Uentech Corporation Robust electrical heating systems for mineral wells
FR2669077B2 (en) * 1990-11-09 1995-02-03 Institut Francais Petrole METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING INTERVENTIONS IN WELLS OR HIGH TEMPERATURES.
US5217076A (en) 1990-12-04 1993-06-08 Masek John A Method and apparatus for improved recovery of oil from porous, subsurface deposits (targevcir oricess)
US5065818A (en) 1991-01-07 1991-11-19 Shell Oil Company Subterranean heaters
US5060287A (en) 1990-12-04 1991-10-22 Shell Oil Company Heater utilizing copper-nickel alloy core
US5190405A (en) 1990-12-14 1993-03-02 Shell Oil Company Vacuum method for removing soil contaminants utilizing thermal conduction heating
SU1836876A3 (en) 1990-12-29 1994-12-30 Смешанное научно-техническое товарищество по разработке техники и технологии для подземной электроэнергетики Process of development of coal seams and complex of equipment for its implementation
US5289882A (en) 1991-02-06 1994-03-01 Boyd B. Moore Sealed electrical conductor method and arrangement for use with a well bore in hazardous areas
US5667008A (en) 1991-02-06 1997-09-16 Quick Connectors, Inc. Seal electrical conductor arrangement for use with a well bore in hazardous areas
US5732771A (en) 1991-02-06 1998-03-31 Moore; Boyd B. Protective sheath for protecting and separating a plurality of insulated cable conductors for an underground well
US5103909A (en) 1991-02-19 1992-04-14 Shell Oil Company Profile control in enhanced oil recovery
US5261490A (en) 1991-03-18 1993-11-16 Nkk Corporation Method for dumping and disposing of carbon dioxide gas and apparatus therefor
US5246273A (en) * 1991-05-13 1993-09-21 Rosar Edward C Method and apparatus for solution mining
AU659170B2 (en) 1991-06-17 1995-05-11 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. Power plant utilizing compressed air energy storage and saturation
DK0519573T3 (en) 1991-06-21 1995-07-03 Shell Int Research Hydrogenation catalyst and process
IT1248535B (en) 1991-06-24 1995-01-19 Cise Spa SYSTEM TO MEASURE THE TRANSFER TIME OF A SOUND WAVE
US5133406A (en) 1991-07-05 1992-07-28 Amoco Corporation Generating oxygen-depleted air useful for increasing methane production
US5189283A (en) 1991-08-28 1993-02-23 Shell Oil Company Current to power crossover heater control
US5168927A (en) 1991-09-10 1992-12-08 Shell Oil Company Method utilizing spot tracer injection and production induced transport for measurement of residual oil saturation
US5193618A (en) 1991-09-12 1993-03-16 Chevron Research And Technology Company Multivalent ion tolerant steam-foaming surfactant composition for use in enhanced oil recovery operations
US5347070A (en) 1991-11-13 1994-09-13 Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs Treating of solid earthen material and a method for measuring moisture content and resistivity of solid earthen material
US5349859A (en) 1991-11-15 1994-09-27 Scientific Engineering Instruments, Inc. Method and apparatus for measuring acoustic wave velocity using impulse response
EP0547961B1 (en) 1991-12-16 1996-03-27 Institut Français du Pétrole Active or passive surveillance system for underground formation by means of fixed stations
CA2058255C (en) 1991-12-20 1997-02-11 Roland P. Leaute Recovery and upgrading of hydrocarbons utilizing in situ combustion and horizontal wells
US5246071A (en) * 1992-01-31 1993-09-21 Texaco Inc. Steamflooding with alternating injection and production cycles
US5420402A (en) 1992-02-05 1995-05-30 Iit Research Institute Methods and apparatus to confine earth currents for recovery of subsurface volatiles and semi-volatiles
US5211230A (en) 1992-02-21 1993-05-18 Mobil Oil Corporation Method for enhanced oil recovery through a horizontal production well in a subsurface formation by in-situ combustion
GB9207174D0 (en) 1992-04-01 1992-05-13 Raychem Sa Nv Method of forming an electrical connection
FI92441C (en) 1992-04-01 1994-11-10 Vaisala Oy Electric impedance sensor for measurement of physical quantity, especially temperature and method for manufacture of the sensor in question
US5332036A (en) 1992-05-15 1994-07-26 The Boc Group, Inc. Method of recovery of natural gases from underground coal formations
US5366012A (en) 1992-06-09 1994-11-22 Shell Oil Company Method of completing an uncased section of a borehole
US5255742A (en) 1992-06-12 1993-10-26 Shell Oil Company Heat injection process
US5297626A (en) 1992-06-12 1994-03-29 Shell Oil Company Oil recovery process
US5226961A (en) 1992-06-12 1993-07-13 Shell Oil Company High temperature wellbore cement slurry
US5392854A (en) 1992-06-12 1995-02-28 Shell Oil Company Oil recovery process
US5236039A (en) 1992-06-17 1993-08-17 General Electric Company Balanced-line RF electrode system for use in RF ground heating to recover oil from oil shale
US5295763A (en) 1992-06-30 1994-03-22 Chambers Development Co., Inc. Method for controlling gas migration from a landfill
US5305829A (en) 1992-09-25 1994-04-26 Chevron Research And Technology Company Oil production from diatomite formations by fracture steamdrive
US5229583A (en) 1992-09-28 1993-07-20 Shell Oil Company Surface heating blanket for soil remediation
US5339904A (en) 1992-12-10 1994-08-23 Mobil Oil Corporation Oil recovery optimization using a well having both horizontal and vertical sections
US5358045A (en) 1993-02-12 1994-10-25 Chevron Research And Technology Company, A Division Of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Enhanced oil recovery method employing a high temperature brine tolerant foam-forming composition
CA2096034C (en) 1993-05-07 1996-07-02 Kenneth Edwin Kisman Horizontal well gravity drainage combustion process for oil recovery
US5360067A (en) 1993-05-17 1994-11-01 Meo Iii Dominic Vapor-extraction system for removing hydrocarbons from soil
US5325918A (en) 1993-08-02 1994-07-05 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Optimal joule heating of the subsurface
US5377756A (en) 1993-10-28 1995-01-03 Mobil Oil Corporation Method for producing low permeability reservoirs using a single well
US5388645A (en) 1993-11-03 1995-02-14 Amoco Corporation Method for producing methane-containing gaseous mixtures
US5388642A (en) 1993-11-03 1995-02-14 Amoco Corporation Coalbed methane recovery using membrane separation of oxygen from air
US5388643A (en) 1993-11-03 1995-02-14 Amoco Corporation Coalbed methane recovery using pressure swing adsorption separation
US5388641A (en) 1993-11-03 1995-02-14 Amoco Corporation Method for reducing the inert gas fraction in methane-containing gaseous mixtures obtained from underground formations
US5566755A (en) 1993-11-03 1996-10-22 Amoco Corporation Method for recovering methane from a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation
US5388640A (en) 1993-11-03 1995-02-14 Amoco Corporation Method for producing methane-containing gaseous mixtures
US5589775A (en) 1993-11-22 1996-12-31 Vector Magnetics, Inc. Rotating magnet for distance and direction measurements from a first borehole to a second borehole
US5411086A (en) 1993-12-09 1995-05-02 Mobil Oil Corporation Oil recovery by enhanced imbitition in low permeability reservoirs
US5435666A (en) 1993-12-14 1995-07-25 Environmental Resources Management, Inc. Methods for isolating a water table and for soil remediation
US5404952A (en) 1993-12-20 1995-04-11 Shell Oil Company Heat injection process and apparatus
US5411089A (en) 1993-12-20 1995-05-02 Shell Oil Company Heat injection process
US5433271A (en) 1993-12-20 1995-07-18 Shell Oil Company Heat injection process
US5634984A (en) 1993-12-22 1997-06-03 Union Oil Company Of California Method for cleaning an oil-coated substrate
US5541517A (en) 1994-01-13 1996-07-30 Shell Oil Company Method for drilling a borehole from one cased borehole to another cased borehole
US5411104A (en) 1994-02-16 1995-05-02 Conoco Inc. Coalbed methane drilling
CA2144597C (en) 1994-03-18 1999-08-10 Paul J. Latimer Improved emat probe and technique for weld inspection
US5415231A (en) 1994-03-21 1995-05-16 Mobil Oil Corporation Method for producing low permeability reservoirs using steam
US5439054A (en) 1994-04-01 1995-08-08 Amoco Corporation Method for treating a mixture of gaseous fluids within a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation
US5553478A (en) 1994-04-08 1996-09-10 Burndy Corporation Hand-held compression tool
US5431224A (en) 1994-04-19 1995-07-11 Mobil Oil Corporation Method of thermal stimulation for recovery of hydrocarbons
US5520223A (en) * 1994-05-02 1996-05-28 Itt Industries, Inc. Extruded multiple plastic layer coating bonded to the outer surface of a metal tube having an optical non-reactive inner layer and process for making the same
US5409071A (en) 1994-05-23 1995-04-25 Shell Oil Company Method to cement a wellbore
US5752995A (en) * 1994-06-30 1998-05-19 Kang; Chia-Chen Chu Catalyst and process for the production of hydrogen and/or methane
WO1996002831A1 (en) 1994-07-18 1996-02-01 The Babcock & Wilcox Company Sensor transport system for flash butt welder
US5632336A (en) 1994-07-28 1997-05-27 Texaco Inc. Method for improving injectivity of fluids in oil reservoirs
US5525322A (en) 1994-10-12 1996-06-11 The Regents Of The University Of California Method for simultaneous recovery of hydrogen from water and from hydrocarbons
US5553189A (en) 1994-10-18 1996-09-03 Shell Oil Company Radiant plate heater for treatment of contaminated surfaces
US5497087A (en) 1994-10-20 1996-03-05 Shell Oil Company NMR logging of natural gas reservoirs
US5498960A (en) 1994-10-20 1996-03-12 Shell Oil Company NMR logging of natural gas in reservoirs
US5624188A (en) 1994-10-20 1997-04-29 West; David A. Acoustic thermometer
US5554453A (en) 1995-01-04 1996-09-10 Energy Research Corporation Carbonate fuel cell system with thermally integrated gasification
US6088294A (en) 1995-01-12 2000-07-11 Baker Hughes Incorporated Drilling system with an acoustic measurement-while-driving system for determining parameters of interest and controlling the drilling direction
CA2209947C (en) 1995-01-12 1999-06-01 Baker Hughes Incorporated A measurement-while-drilling acoustic system employing multiple, segmented transmitters and receivers
US6065538A (en) 1995-02-09 2000-05-23 Baker Hughes Corporation Method of obtaining improved geophysical information about earth formations
DE19505517A1 (en) 1995-02-10 1996-08-14 Siegfried Schwert Procedure for extracting a pipe laid in the ground
US5621844A (en) 1995-03-01 1997-04-15 Uentech Corporation Electrical heating of mineral well deposits using downhole impedance transformation networks
CA2152521C (en) 1995-03-01 2000-06-20 Jack E. Bridges Low flux leakage cables and cable terminations for a.c. electrical heating of oil deposits
US5935421A (en) 1995-05-02 1999-08-10 Exxon Research And Engineering Company Continuous in-situ combination process for upgrading heavy oil
US5911898A (en) 1995-05-25 1999-06-15 Electric Power Research Institute Method and apparatus for providing multiple autoregulated temperatures
US5571403A (en) 1995-06-06 1996-11-05 Texaco Inc. Process for extracting hydrocarbons from diatomite
US6015015A (en) 1995-06-20 2000-01-18 Bj Services Company U.S.A. Insulated and/or concentric coiled tubing
US5730550A (en) * 1995-08-15 1998-03-24 Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University Method for placement of a permeable remediation zone in situ
US5801332A (en) 1995-08-31 1998-09-01 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Elastically recoverable silicone splice cover
US5899958A (en) 1995-09-11 1999-05-04 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Logging while drilling borehole imaging and dipmeter device
US5759022A (en) 1995-10-16 1998-06-02 Gas Research Institute Method and system for reducing NOx and fuel emissions in a furnace
US5890840A (en) 1995-12-08 1999-04-06 Carter, Jr.; Ernest E. In situ construction of containment vault under a radioactive or hazardous waste site
US5619611A (en) 1995-12-12 1997-04-08 Tub Tauch-Und Baggertechnik Gmbh Device for removing downhole deposits utilizing tubular housing and passing electric current through fluid heating medium contained therein
KR100445853B1 (en) 1995-12-27 2004-10-15 쉘 인터내셔날 리써취 마트샤피지 비.브이. Flameless combustor
US5751895A (en) 1996-02-13 1998-05-12 Eor International, Inc. Selective excitation of heating electrodes for oil wells
US5826655A (en) 1996-04-25 1998-10-27 Texaco Inc Method for enhanced recovery of viscous oil deposits
US5652389A (en) 1996-05-22 1997-07-29 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of Commerce Non-contact method and apparatus for inspection of inertia welds
US6022834A (en) 1996-05-24 2000-02-08 Oil Chem Technologies, Inc. Alkaline surfactant polymer flooding composition and process
CA2177726C (en) 1996-05-29 2000-06-27 Theodore Wildi Low-voltage and low flux density heating system
US5769569A (en) 1996-06-18 1998-06-23 Southern California Gas Company In-situ thermal desorption of heavy hydrocarbons in vadose zone
US5828797A (en) 1996-06-19 1998-10-27 Meggitt Avionics, Inc. Fiber optic linked flame sensor
EA001466B1 (en) 1996-06-21 2001-04-23 Синтролеум Корпорейшн Synthesis gas production system and method
US5788376A (en) 1996-07-01 1998-08-04 General Motors Corporation Temperature sensor
MY118075A (en) 1996-07-09 2004-08-30 Syntroleum Corp Process for converting gas to liquids
US5782301A (en) 1996-10-09 1998-07-21 Baker Hughes Incorporated Oil well heater cable
US6079499A (en) 1996-10-15 2000-06-27 Shell Oil Company Heater well method and apparatus
US6056057A (en) 1996-10-15 2000-05-02 Shell Oil Company Heater well method and apparatus
US5861137A (en) 1996-10-30 1999-01-19 Edlund; David J. Steam reformer with internal hydrogen purification
US5862858A (en) 1996-12-26 1999-01-26 Shell Oil Company Flameless combustor
US6427124B1 (en) 1997-01-24 2002-07-30 Baker Hughes Incorporated Semblance processing for an acoustic measurement-while-drilling system for imaging of formation boundaries
US6039121A (en) * 1997-02-20 2000-03-21 Rangewest Technologies Ltd. Enhanced lift method and apparatus for the production of hydrocarbons
GB9704181D0 (en) 1997-02-28 1997-04-16 Thompson James Apparatus and method for installation of ducts
US5923170A (en) 1997-04-04 1999-07-13 Vector Magnetics, Inc. Method for near field electromagnetic proximity determination for guidance of a borehole drill
US5926437A (en) 1997-04-08 1999-07-20 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Method and apparatus for seismic exploration
EP1355167A3 (en) 1997-05-02 2004-05-19 Baker Hughes Incorporated An injection well with a fibre optic cable to measure fluorescence of bacteria present
US5802870A (en) * 1997-05-02 1998-09-08 Uop Llc Sorption cooling process and system
AU8103998A (en) 1997-05-07 1998-11-27 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Remediation method
US6023554A (en) 1997-05-20 2000-02-08 Shell Oil Company Electrical heater
ID22887A (en) 1997-06-05 1999-12-16 Shell Int Research REPAIR METHOD
US6102122A (en) 1997-06-11 2000-08-15 Shell Oil Company Control of heat injection based on temperature and in-situ stress measurement
US6112808A (en) 1997-09-19 2000-09-05 Isted; Robert Edward Method and apparatus for subterranean thermal conditioning
DE69735898T2 (en) 1997-06-19 2007-04-19 European Organization For Nuclear Research Method for element transmutation by neutrons
US5984010A (en) 1997-06-23 1999-11-16 Elias; Ramon Hydrocarbon recovery systems and methods
CA2208767A1 (en) 1997-06-26 1998-12-26 Reginald D. Humphreys Tar sands extraction process
US5868202A (en) 1997-09-22 1999-02-09 Tarim Associates For Scientific Mineral And Oil Exploration Ag Hydrologic cells for recovery of hydrocarbons or thermal energy from coal, oil-shale, tar-sands and oil-bearing formations
US6149344A (en) 1997-10-04 2000-11-21 Master Corporation Acid gas disposal
US6354373B1 (en) 1997-11-26 2002-03-12 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Expandable tubing for a well bore hole and method of expanding
FR2772137B1 (en) 1997-12-08 1999-12-31 Inst Francais Du Petrole SEISMIC MONITORING METHOD OF AN UNDERGROUND ZONE DURING OPERATION ALLOWING BETTER IDENTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
US6152987A (en) 1997-12-15 2000-11-28 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Hydrogen gas-extraction module and method of fabrication
US6094048A (en) 1997-12-18 2000-07-25 Shell Oil Company NMR logging of natural gas reservoirs
NO305720B1 (en) 1997-12-22 1999-07-12 Eureka Oil Asa Procedure for increasing oil production from an oil reservoir
US6026914A (en) 1998-01-28 2000-02-22 Alberta Oil Sands Technology And Research Authority Wellbore profiling system
US6035949A (en) * 1998-02-03 2000-03-14 Altschuler; Sidney J. Methods for installing a well in a subterranean formation
GB9803466D0 (en) * 1998-02-19 1998-04-15 Chemical Computing Group Inc Discrete QSAR:a machine to determine structure activity and relationships for high throughput screening
MA24902A1 (en) 1998-03-06 2000-04-01 Shell Int Research ELECTRIC HEATER
US6540018B1 (en) 1998-03-06 2003-04-01 Shell Oil Company Method and apparatus for heating a wellbore
US6035701A (en) 1998-04-15 2000-03-14 Lowry; William E. Method and system to locate leaks in subsurface containment structures using tracer gases
AU3893399A (en) 1998-05-12 1999-11-29 Lockheed Martin Corporation System and process for optimizing gravity gradiometer measurements
US6016867A (en) 1998-06-24 2000-01-25 World Energy Systems, Incorporated Upgrading and recovery of heavy crude oils and natural bitumens by in situ hydrovisbreaking
US6016868A (en) 1998-06-24 2000-01-25 World Energy Systems, Incorporated Production of synthetic crude oil from heavy hydrocarbons recovered by in situ hydrovisbreaking
US5958365A (en) 1998-06-25 1999-09-28 Atlantic Richfield Company Method of producing hydrogen from heavy crude oil using solvent deasphalting and partial oxidation methods
US6130398A (en) * 1998-07-09 2000-10-10 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Plasma cutter for auxiliary power output of a power source
NO984235L (en) 1998-09-14 2000-03-15 Cit Alcatel Heating system for metal pipes for crude oil transport
US6388947B1 (en) 1998-09-14 2002-05-14 Tomoseis, Inc. Multi-crosswell profile 3D imaging and method
US6114400A (en) * 1998-09-21 2000-09-05 Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Synthesis gas production by mixed conducting membranes with integrated conversion into liquid products
US6192748B1 (en) 1998-10-30 2001-02-27 Computalog Limited Dynamic orienting reference system for directional drilling
US5968349A (en) 1998-11-16 1999-10-19 Bhp Minerals International Inc. Extraction of bitumen from bitumen froth and biotreatment of bitumen froth tailings generated from tar sands
US20040035582A1 (en) 2002-08-22 2004-02-26 Zupanick Joseph A. System and method for subterranean access
WO2000037775A1 (en) 1998-12-22 2000-06-29 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Oil recovery method for waxy crude oil using alkylaryl sulfonate surfactants derived from alpha-olefins
US6123830A (en) 1998-12-30 2000-09-26 Exxon Research And Engineering Co. Integrated staged catalytic cracking and staged hydroprocessing process
US6609761B1 (en) 1999-01-08 2003-08-26 American Soda, Llp Sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate production from nahcolitic oil shale
US6078868A (en) 1999-01-21 2000-06-20 Baker Hughes Incorporated Reference signal encoding for seismic while drilling measurement
US6429784B1 (en) 1999-02-19 2002-08-06 Dresser Industries, Inc. Casing mounted sensors, actuators and generators
US6283230B1 (en) 1999-03-01 2001-09-04 Jasper N. Peters Method and apparatus for lateral well drilling utilizing a rotating nozzle
US6155117A (en) 1999-03-18 2000-12-05 Mcdermott Technology, Inc. Edge detection and seam tracking with EMATs
US6561269B1 (en) 1999-04-30 2003-05-13 The Regents Of The University Of California Canister, sealing method and composition for sealing a borehole
US6110358A (en) 1999-05-21 2000-08-29 Exxon Research And Engineering Company Process for manufacturing improved process oils using extraction of hydrotreated distillates
JP2000340350A (en) 1999-05-28 2000-12-08 Kyocera Corp Silicon nitride ceramic heater and its manufacture
US6257334B1 (en) 1999-07-22 2001-07-10 Alberta Oil Sands Technology And Research Authority Steam-assisted gravity drainage heavy oil recovery process
US6269310B1 (en) 1999-08-25 2001-07-31 Tomoseis Corporation System for eliminating headwaves in a tomographic process
US6193010B1 (en) 1999-10-06 2001-02-27 Tomoseis Corporation System for generating a seismic signal in a borehole
US6196350B1 (en) 1999-10-06 2001-03-06 Tomoseis Corporation Apparatus and method for attenuating tube waves in a borehole
US6288372B1 (en) 1999-11-03 2001-09-11 Tyco Electronics Corporation Electric cable having braidless polymeric ground plane providing fault detection
US6353706B1 (en) 1999-11-18 2002-03-05 Uentech International Corporation Optimum oil-well casing heating
US6422318B1 (en) 1999-12-17 2002-07-23 Scioto County Regional Water District #1 Horizontal well system
US7259688B2 (en) 2000-01-24 2007-08-21 Shell Oil Company Wireless reservoir production control
US6715550B2 (en) 2000-01-24 2004-04-06 Shell Oil Company Controllable gas-lift well and valve
US20020036085A1 (en) 2000-01-24 2002-03-28 Bass Ronald Marshall Toroidal choke inductor for wireless communication and control
US6633236B2 (en) 2000-01-24 2003-10-14 Shell Oil Company Permanent downhole, wireless, two-way telemetry backbone using redundant repeaters
WO2001065055A1 (en) 2000-03-02 2001-09-07 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Controlled downhole chemical injection
US6679332B2 (en) 2000-01-24 2004-01-20 Shell Oil Company Petroleum well having downhole sensors, communication and power
WO2001060951A1 (en) 2000-02-16 2001-08-23 Indian Oil Corporation Limited A multi stage selective catalytic cracking process and a system for producing high yield of middle distillate products from heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks
US7170424B2 (en) 2000-03-02 2007-01-30 Shell Oil Company Oil well casting electrical power pick-off points
EG22420A (en) 2000-03-02 2003-01-29 Shell Int Research Use of downhole high pressure gas in a gas - lift well
US6357526B1 (en) 2000-03-16 2002-03-19 Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. Field upgrading of heavy oil and bitumen
US6485232B1 (en) 2000-04-14 2002-11-26 Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System Low cost, self regulating heater for use in an in situ thermal desorption soil remediation system
US6918444B2 (en) 2000-04-19 2005-07-19 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Method for production of hydrocarbons from organic-rich rock
GB0009662D0 (en) 2000-04-20 2000-06-07 Scotoil Group Plc Gas and oil production
US20030075318A1 (en) 2000-04-24 2003-04-24 Keedy Charles Robert In situ thermal processing of a coal formation using substantially parallel formed wellbores
US6698515B2 (en) 2000-04-24 2004-03-02 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal processing of a coal formation using a relatively slow heating rate
US6715546B2 (en) 2000-04-24 2004-04-06 Shell Oil Company In situ production of synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon containing formation through a heat source wellbore
US20030066642A1 (en) 2000-04-24 2003-04-10 Wellington Scott Lee In situ thermal processing of a coal formation producing a mixture with oxygenated hydrocarbons
US7011154B2 (en) 2000-04-24 2006-03-14 Shell Oil Company In situ recovery from a kerogen and liquid hydrocarbon containing formation
US20030085034A1 (en) 2000-04-24 2003-05-08 Wellington Scott Lee In situ thermal processing of a coal formation to produce pyrolsis products
US7096953B2 (en) 2000-04-24 2006-08-29 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal processing of a coal formation using a movable heating element
US20020038069A1 (en) 2000-04-24 2002-03-28 Wellington Scott Lee In situ thermal processing of a coal formation to produce a mixture of olefins, oxygenated hydrocarbons, and aromatic hydrocarbons
US6715548B2 (en) 2000-04-24 2004-04-06 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal processing of a hydrocarbon containing formation to produce nitrogen containing formation fluids
US6588504B2 (en) 2000-04-24 2003-07-08 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal processing of a coal formation to produce nitrogen and/or sulfur containing formation fluids
US6584406B1 (en) 2000-06-15 2003-06-24 Geo-X Systems, Ltd. Downhole process control method utilizing seismic communication
GB2383633A (en) 2000-06-29 2003-07-02 Paulo S Tubel Method and system for monitoring smart structures utilizing distributed optical sensors
FR2813209B1 (en) 2000-08-23 2002-11-29 Inst Francais Du Petrole SUPPORTED TWO-METAL CATALYST HAVING STRONG INTERACTION BETWEEN GROUP VIII METAL AND TIN AND USE THEREOF IN A CATALYTIC REFORMING PROCESS
US6585046B2 (en) 2000-08-28 2003-07-01 Baker Hughes Incorporated Live well heater cable
US6412559B1 (en) 2000-11-24 2002-07-02 Alberta Research Council Inc. Process for recovering methane and/or sequestering fluids
US20020110476A1 (en) 2000-12-14 2002-08-15 Maziasz Philip J. Heat and corrosion resistant cast stainless steels with improved high temperature strength and ductility
US20020112987A1 (en) 2000-12-15 2002-08-22 Zhiguo Hou Slurry hydroprocessing for heavy oil upgrading using supported slurry catalysts
US20020112890A1 (en) 2001-01-22 2002-08-22 Wentworth Steven W. Conduit pulling apparatus and method for use in horizontal drilling
US6516891B1 (en) 2001-02-08 2003-02-11 L. Murray Dallas Dual string coil tubing injector assembly
US20020153141A1 (en) * 2001-04-19 2002-10-24 Hartman Michael G. Method for pumping fluids
US7055600B2 (en) 2001-04-24 2006-06-06 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal recovery from a relatively permeable formation with controlled production rate
US6994169B2 (en) 2001-04-24 2006-02-07 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal processing of an oil shale formation with a selected property
CA2668391C (en) 2001-04-24 2011-10-11 Shell Canada Limited In situ recovery from a tar sands formation
US6782947B2 (en) 2001-04-24 2004-08-31 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal processing of a relatively impermeable formation to increase permeability of the formation
US20030029617A1 (en) 2001-08-09 2003-02-13 Anadarko Petroleum Company Apparatus, method and system for single well solution-mining
US6755251B2 (en) 2001-09-07 2004-06-29 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Downhole gas separation method and system
MY129091A (en) 2001-09-07 2007-03-30 Exxonmobil Upstream Res Co Acid gas disposal method
US7090013B2 (en) 2001-10-24 2006-08-15 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal processing of a hydrocarbon containing formation to produce heated fluids
AU2002363073A1 (en) 2001-10-24 2003-05-06 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Method and system for in situ heating a hydrocarbon containing formation by a u-shaped opening
US7165615B2 (en) * 2001-10-24 2007-01-23 Shell Oil Company In situ recovery from a hydrocarbon containing formation using conductor-in-conduit heat sources with an electrically conductive material in the overburden
US7104319B2 (en) 2001-10-24 2006-09-12 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal processing of a heavy oil diatomite formation
US7077199B2 (en) 2001-10-24 2006-07-18 Shell Oil Company In situ thermal processing of an oil reservoir formation
US6969123B2 (en) 2001-10-24 2005-11-29 Shell Oil Company Upgrading and mining of coal
JP2003142063A (en) * 2001-11-07 2003-05-16 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Separator for alkaline storage battery and alkaline storage battery using the same
US6679326B2 (en) 2002-01-15 2004-01-20 Bohdan Zakiewicz Pro-ecological mining system
US6684948B1 (en) 2002-01-15 2004-02-03 Marshall T. Savage Apparatus and method for heating subterranean formations using fuel cells
US7032809B1 (en) 2002-01-18 2006-04-25 Steel Ventures, L.L.C. Seam-welded metal pipe and method of making the same without seam anneal
WO2003062590A1 (en) 2002-01-22 2003-07-31 Presssol Ltd. Two string drilling system using coil tubing
US6958195B2 (en) 2002-02-19 2005-10-25 Utc Fuel Cells, Llc Steam generator for a PEM fuel cell power plant
AU2003239514A1 (en) * 2002-05-31 2003-12-19 Sensor Highway Limited Parameter sensing apparatus and method for subterranean wells
US7093370B2 (en) 2002-08-01 2006-08-22 The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. Multi-gimbaled borehole navigation system
US6942037B1 (en) 2002-08-15 2005-09-13 Clariant Finance (Bvi) Limited Process for mitigation of wellbore contaminants
US7204327B2 (en) 2002-08-21 2007-04-17 Presssol Ltd. Reverse circulation directional and horizontal drilling using concentric drill string
CA2503394C (en) 2002-10-24 2011-06-14 Shell Canada Limited Temperature limited heaters for heating subsurface formations or wellbores
AU2003283104A1 (en) * 2002-11-06 2004-06-07 Canitron Systems, Inc. Down hole induction heating tool and method of operating and manufacturing same
AR041930A1 (en) 2002-11-13 2005-06-01 Shell Int Research DIESEL FUEL COMPOSITIONS
US7048051B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2006-05-23 Gen Syn Fuels Recovery of products from oil shale
US7055602B2 (en) 2003-03-11 2006-06-06 Shell Oil Company Method and composition for enhanced hydrocarbons recovery
FR2853904B1 (en) 2003-04-15 2007-11-16 Air Liquide PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON LIQUIDS USING A FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS
US6951250B2 (en) 2003-05-13 2005-10-04 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Sealant compositions and methods of using the same to isolate a subterranean zone from a disposal well
US7331385B2 (en) 2003-06-24 2008-02-19 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Methods of treating a subterranean formation to convert organic matter into producible hydrocarbons
US6881897B2 (en) 2003-07-10 2005-04-19 Yazaki Corporation Shielding structure of shielding electric wire
US7073577B2 (en) 2003-08-29 2006-07-11 Applied Geotech, Inc. Array of wells with connected permeable zones for hydrocarbon recovery
US7208647B2 (en) 2003-09-23 2007-04-24 Synfuels International, Inc. Process for the conversion of natural gas to reactive gaseous products comprising ethylene
US7114880B2 (en) 2003-09-26 2006-10-03 Carter Jr Ernest E Process for the excavation of buried waste
WO2005030442A2 (en) * 2003-09-26 2005-04-07 Duff William G Staple forming apparatus
US7147057B2 (en) 2003-10-06 2006-12-12 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Loop systems and methods of using the same for conveying and distributing thermal energy into a wellbore
WO2005045192A1 (en) 2003-11-03 2005-05-19 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Hydrocarbon recovery from impermeable oil shales
US7282138B2 (en) 2003-11-05 2007-10-16 Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company Multistage removal of heteroatoms and wax from distillate fuel
US20070000810A1 (en) 2003-12-19 2007-01-04 Bhan Opinder K Method for producing a crude product with reduced tan
US20060289340A1 (en) 2003-12-19 2006-12-28 Brownscombe Thomas F Methods for producing a total product in the presence of sulfur
US7337841B2 (en) 2004-03-24 2008-03-04 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Casing comprising stress-absorbing materials and associated methods of use
JP4794550B2 (en) 2004-04-23 2011-10-19 シエル・インターナシヨナル・リサーチ・マートスハツペイ・ベー・ヴエー Temperature limited heater used to heat underground formations
US7225666B2 (en) * 2004-04-29 2007-06-05 Honeywell International Inc. Tire pressure leak detection method and system
CA2804060C (en) 2004-09-03 2015-08-25 Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company Power control system
BRPI0610670B1 (en) 2005-04-11 2016-01-19 Shell Int Research method for producing a crude product, catalyst for producing a crude product, and method for producing a catalyst
US7942197B2 (en) 2005-04-22 2011-05-17 Shell Oil Company Methods and systems for producing fluid from an in situ conversion process
NZ562249A (en) 2005-04-22 2010-11-26 Shell Int Research Double barrier system with fluid head monitored in inter-barrier and outer zones
US20070044957A1 (en) 2005-05-27 2007-03-01 Oil Sands Underground Mining, Inc. Method for underground recovery of hydrocarbons
JP4777118B2 (en) * 2005-06-01 2011-09-21 キヤノン株式会社 Image forming apparatus
US7966137B2 (en) 2005-10-03 2011-06-21 Wirescan As Line resonance analysis system
US7559367B2 (en) 2005-10-24 2009-07-14 Shell Oil Company Temperature limited heater with a conduit substantially electrically isolated from the formation
US7124584B1 (en) 2005-10-31 2006-10-24 General Electric Company System and method for heat recovery from geothermal source of heat
US7921907B2 (en) 2006-01-20 2011-04-12 American Shale Oil, Llc In situ method and system for extraction of oil from shale
JP4298709B2 (en) 2006-01-26 2009-07-22 矢崎総業株式会社 Terminal processing method and terminal processing apparatus for shielded wire
CN101421488B (en) 2006-02-16 2012-07-04 雪佛龙美国公司 Kerogen extraction from subterranean oil shale resources
US7542706B2 (en) * 2006-03-01 2009-06-02 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Image forming apparatus, image forming method and image forming program
CA2649850A1 (en) 2006-04-21 2007-11-01 Osum Oil Sands Corp. Method of drilling from a shaft for underground recovery of hydrocarbons
US7644993B2 (en) 2006-04-21 2010-01-12 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company In situ co-development of oil shale with mineral recovery
EP2010755A4 (en) 2006-04-21 2016-02-24 Shell Int Research Time sequenced heating of multiple layers in a hydrocarbon containing formation
US7705607B2 (en) 2006-08-25 2010-04-27 Instrument Manufacturing Company Diagnostic methods for electrical cables utilizing axial tomography
US7665524B2 (en) 2006-09-29 2010-02-23 Ut-Battelle, Llc Liquid metal heat exchanger for efficient heating of soils and geologic formations
US20080078552A1 (en) 2006-09-29 2008-04-03 Osum Oil Sands Corp. Method of heating hydrocarbons
WO2008048448A2 (en) 2006-10-13 2008-04-24 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Heating an organic-rich rock formation in situ to produce products with improved properties
JO2982B1 (en) 2006-10-13 2016-03-15 Exxonmobil Upstream Res Co Optimized well spacing for in situ shale oil development
WO2008051834A2 (en) 2006-10-20 2008-05-02 Shell Oil Company Heating hydrocarbon containing formations in a spiral startup staged sequence
US20100018248A1 (en) 2007-01-19 2010-01-28 Eleanor R Fieler Controlled Freeze Zone Tower
US7730936B2 (en) 2007-02-07 2010-06-08 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Active cable for wellbore heating and distributed temperature sensing
US20080216321A1 (en) 2007-03-09 2008-09-11 Eveready Battery Company, Inc. Shaving aid delivery system for use with wet shave razors
AU2008242808B2 (en) 2007-04-20 2011-09-22 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Varying properties of in situ heat treatment of a tar sands formation based on assessed viscosities
US8151877B2 (en) 2007-05-15 2012-04-10 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Downhole burner wells for in situ conversion of organic-rich rock formations
WO2009052042A1 (en) 2007-10-19 2009-04-23 Shell Oil Company Cryogenic treatment of gas
US20090139716A1 (en) 2007-12-03 2009-06-04 Osum Oil Sands Corp. Method of recovering bitumen from a tunnel or shaft with heating elements and recovery wells
US7888933B2 (en) 2008-02-15 2011-02-15 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Method for estimating formation hydrocarbon saturation using nuclear magnetic resonance measurements
WO2009105561A2 (en) 2008-02-19 2009-08-27 Baker Hughes Incorporated Downhole measurement while drilling system and method
EA019751B1 (en) 2008-04-18 2014-06-30 Шелл Интернэшнл Рисерч Маатсхаппий Б.В. Method and system for treating a subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation
US8261832B2 (en) 2008-10-13 2012-09-11 Shell Oil Company Heating subsurface formations with fluids
US7909093B2 (en) 2009-01-15 2011-03-22 Conocophillips Company In situ combustion as adjacent formation heat source
US8448707B2 (en) 2009-04-10 2013-05-28 Shell Oil Company Non-conducting heater casings
US8816203B2 (en) 2009-10-09 2014-08-26 Shell Oil Company Compacted coupling joint for coupling insulated conductors
US8356935B2 (en) 2009-10-09 2013-01-22 Shell Oil Company Methods for assessing a temperature in a subsurface formation
US9466896B2 (en) 2009-10-09 2016-10-11 Shell Oil Company Parallelogram coupling joint for coupling insulated conductors

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4860544A (en) * 1988-12-08 1989-08-29 Concept R.K.K. Limited Closed cryogenic barrier for containment of hazardous material migration in the earth
US6099208A (en) * 1996-01-10 2000-08-08 Mcalister; Padraig Ice composite bodies
US6854929B2 (en) * 2001-10-24 2005-02-15 Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System Isolation of soil with a low temperature barrier prior to conductive thermal treatment of the soil
US20050051327A1 (en) * 2003-04-24 2005-03-10 Vinegar Harold J. Thermal processes for subsurface formations

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
AU2006239988B2 (en) 2010-07-01
CA2605734A1 (en) 2006-11-02
US7860377B2 (en) 2010-12-28
US20070045268A1 (en) 2007-03-01
US7575052B2 (en) 2009-08-18
US20070133960A1 (en) 2007-06-14
GB0719541D0 (en) 2007-11-14
US20070137857A1 (en) 2007-06-21
US7575053B2 (en) 2009-08-18
US20070133961A1 (en) 2007-06-14
US7986869B2 (en) 2011-07-26
US20070119098A1 (en) 2007-05-31
US20110303413A1 (en) 2011-12-15
AU2006239988A1 (en) 2006-11-02
US8230927B2 (en) 2012-07-31
US20070045266A1 (en) 2007-03-01
US20070045267A1 (en) 2007-03-01
US8233782B2 (en) 2012-07-31
US7500528B2 (en) 2009-03-10
GB2439028A (en) 2007-12-12
US8070840B2 (en) 2011-12-06
US8027571B2 (en) 2011-09-27
US8224165B2 (en) 2012-07-17
WO2006116122A2 (en) 2006-11-02
US20070108200A1 (en) 2007-05-17
GB2439028B (en) 2009-02-25
US20080217321A1 (en) 2008-09-11
US7831134B2 (en) 2010-11-09
US7435037B2 (en) 2008-10-14
US20110170843A1 (en) 2011-07-14
US7527094B2 (en) 2009-05-05
US20070144732A1 (en) 2007-06-28
US7546873B2 (en) 2009-06-16
US20070133959A1 (en) 2007-06-14
US7942197B2 (en) 2011-05-17
US20070137856A1 (en) 2007-06-21
NZ562364A (en) 2010-12-24
US20070045265A1 (en) 2007-03-01
US20120193099A1 (en) 2012-08-02

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
WO2006116122A3 (en) Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations
WO2007111642A3 (en) Systems , methods , and processes for use in treating subsurface formations
WO2008051299A3 (en) Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations
WO2008131212A3 (en) Systems, methods, and processes for use in treating subsurface formations
WO2010045115A3 (en) Treating subsurface hydrocarbon containing formations and the systems, methods, and processes utilized
GB2465911A (en) Systems, methods, and processes utilized for treating subsurface formations
WO2010041033A3 (en) Geochemical control of fracturing fluids
WO2004097159A8 (en) Thermal processes for subsurface formations
PL2186870T3 (en) Foamed gel systems for fracturing subterranean formations, and methods for making and using same
WO2008051495A3 (en) Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations
WO2010005990A3 (en) Method for maximizing energy recovery from a subterranean formation
EG26709A (en) Methods of treating subterranean formations with heteropolysaccharides based fluids
EG25277A (en) Subterranean treatment fluids, friction reducing copolymers, and associated methods.
MX2008013499A (en) Stimulation method.
MX2010006487A (en) Methods of contacting and/or treating a subterranean formation.
MY165203A (en) Methods and compositions for controlling formation fines and reducing proppant flow-back
WO2006117517A3 (en) Acidic treatment fluids comprising scleroglucan and/or diutan and associated methods
BRPI0918081A2 (en) methods for optimizing the location of wells in a subsurface formation, and for improving the hydrocarbon production of a subsurface formation, and system for use in optimizing the location of wells in a subsurface formation
EG26292A (en) Methods and systems for fracturing subterranean wells
MX300732B (en) Cellulases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them.
WO2010105224A3 (en) Heating system and related methods
MX353373B (en) Engineered methods and materials for wellbore strengthening in subterranean operations.
WO2008121616A3 (en) Antibodies with decreased deamidation profiles
PL1776674T3 (en) Data carrier with security element and method for the production thereof
PL2193255T3 (en) Methods and systems for evaluating and treating previously-fractured subterranean formations

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application
WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 4344/CHENP/2007

Country of ref document: IN

ENP Entry into the national phase

Ref document number: 0719541

Country of ref document: GB

Kind code of ref document: A

Free format text: PCT FILING DATE = 20060421

WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 0719541.5

Country of ref document: GB

WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 562364

Country of ref document: NZ

WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 2006239988

Country of ref document: AU

ENP Entry into the national phase

Ref document number: 2605734

Country of ref document: CA

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: RU

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 06751007

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2