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
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creator 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
description 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.
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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 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MINDERHOUD</au><au>RAMESH RAJU MUDUNURI</au><au>RICHARD A HINSON</au><au>GEORGE LEO STEGEMEIER</au><au>ALBERT J MANSURE</au><au>RUIJIAN LI</au><au>ROBERT CHARLES RYAN</au><au>ALAN ANTHONY DEL PAGGIO</au><au>WALTER FARMAYAN</au><au>JAMIE SANTOS SON</au><au>MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY</au><au>ALLAN JAMES SAMUEL</au><au>DUNCAN MACDONALD</au><au>SAU-WAI WONG</au><au>DEL SCOTT CHRISTENSEN</au><au>PAUL TAYLOR HAMILTON</au><au>YOSHIMITSU TANABE</au><au>STANLEY LEROY MASON</au><au>PETER TERRY GRIFFIN</au><au>MARK ALAN SIDDOWAY</au><au>DENIZ SUMNU DINORUK</au><au>ETUAN ZHANG</au><au>KENNETH MICHAEL COWAN</au><au>RALPH STERMAN BAKER</au><au>VIJAY NAIR</au><au>JEANARLES GINESTRA</au><au>NAVAL GOEL</au><au>PERINGANDOOR RAMAN HARIHARAN</au><au>ABDUL WAHID MUNSHI</au><au>DAVID SCOTT MILLER</au><au>JAMES RICHARD JR</au><au>CHARLES D'ANGELO</au><au>FRANCES MARION STONE JR</au><au>LANNY GENE SCHOELING</au><au>MICHAEL COSTELLO</au><au>DONG-SUB KIM</au><au>FARAZ ABBASI</au><au>ARTHUR HERMAN HALE</au><au>JOHN 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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.</abstract><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record>
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EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
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MINING
OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
title Systems and processes for use in treating subsurface formations
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