Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations

Methods for treating a tar sands formation are described herein. Methods for treating a tar sands may include heating a portion of a hydrocarbon layer in the formation from one or more heaters located in the portion. The heat may be controlled to increase the permeability of at least part of the por...

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Hauptverfasser:	JOHANNES KORNELIS MINDERHOUD, RAMESH RAJU MUDUNURI, RICHARD A HINSON, GEORGE LEO STEGEMEIER, ALBERT J MANSURE, RUIJIAN LI, ROBERT CHARLES RYAN, ALAN ANTHONY DEL PAGGIO, WALTER FARMAYAN, JAMIE SANTOS SON, MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY, ALLAN JAMES SAMUEL, DUNCAN MACDONALD, SAU-WAI WONG, DEL SCOTT CHRISTENSEN, PAUL TAYLOR HAMILTON, YOSHIMITSU TANABE, STANLEY LEROY MASON, PETER TERRY GRIFFIN, MARK ALAN SIDDOWAY, DENIZ SUMNU DINORUK, ETUAN ZHANG, KENNETH MICHAEL COWAN, RALPH STERMAN BAKER, VIJAY NAIR, JEANARLES GINESTRA, NAVAL GOEL, PERINGANDOOR RAMAN HARIHARAN, ABDUL WAHID MUNSHI, DAVID SCOTT MILLER, JAMES RICHARD JR, CHARLES D'ANGELO, FRANCES MARION STONE JR, LANNY GENE SCHOELING, MICHAEL COSTELLO, DONG-SUB KIM, FARAZ ABBASI, ARTHUR HERMAN HALE, JOHN MICHAEL VITEK, GOREM HERON, ZAIDA DAIZ, THOMAS DAVID FOWLER, GENE RICHARD LAMBIRTH, HAROLD J VINEGAR, WILLEM JAN ANTOON HENRI SCHOEBER, GARY LEE BEER, MICHEL SERGE MARIE MUYLLE, CHARLES R GOODWIN, RONALD MARSHALL BASS, STEVEN PAUL GILES, WEIJIAN MO, JOHN PAUL SHINGLEDECKER, ROBERT LENKE, ERNEST E CARTER JR, NAMIT JAISWAL, RICHARD GENE NELSON, WIM M BOND, JOACHIM HUGO SCHNEIBEL, JOHANNES LEENDERT WILLEM CORNELIS DEN BOESTERT, STEPHEN PALMER HIRSHBLOND, JAMES L MENOTTI, SCOTT VINH NGUYEN, ROBERT JAMES DOMBROWSKI, RANDY CARL JOHN, JOSEPH ARNO HORTON, WILLIAM GEORGE COIT, CHESTER LEDLIE SANDBERG, REMCO HUGO MANDEMA, PHILIP JAMES MAZIASZ, JOSEPH P BRIGNAC JR, MARIAN MARINO, CHIA-FU HSU, IAN ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, MYRON IRA KUHLMAN, BERNARD GOLDBERG, RALPH ANTHONY CHERRILLO, TAIXO BAI, JOHN M KARANIKAS, CHRISTOPHER KELVIN HARRIS, XUEYING XIE, FREDERICK GORDON CARL JR, THOMAS JOSEPH KELTNER, MONICA PINGO-ALMANDA, DAVID BURNS, TULIO RAFAEL COLMENARES, ERIC PIERRE DE ROUFFIGNAC, WOLFGANG DEEG, BILLY JOHN II MCKINZIE, RONNIE WADE WATKINS, VINOD SIKKA, MICHAEL DAVID FAIRBANKS, AUGUSTINUS WILHELMUS MARIA ROES, MICHAEL L SANTELLA, MAHAMAD KHODAVERDIAN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	EARTH DRILLING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS MINING OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods for treating a tar sands formation are described herein. Methods for treating a tar sands may include heating a portion of a hydrocarbon layer in the formation from one or more heaters located in the portion. The heat may be controlled to increase the permeability of at least part of the portion to create an injection zone in the portion with an average permeability sufficient to allow injection of a fluid through the injection zone. A drive fluid and/or an oxidizing fluid may be provided into the injection zone. At least some hydrocarbons are produced from the portion.