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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120125613 | Method and Apparatus for Underground Oil Extraction There is provided a portable oil extraction system comprising one or more high heat energy generators that supply high heat energy to an underground oil-rich zone. Each heat energy generator comprises a chamber for gasifying used rubber tires, waste oil, coal or other c... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125614 | METHOD FOR ACTIVE COOLING OF DOWNHOLE TOOLS USING THE VAPOR COMPRESSION CYCLE A method of and apparatus for cooling equipment including exposing a fluid to a tool comprising electronic components at a temperature T and pressure P, compressing the fluid to a temperature T1 and pressure P1, exposing the fluid to a surface in communica... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120067580 | RADIO FREQUENCY HEAT APPLICATOR FOR INCREASED HEAVY OIL RECOVERY A radio frequency applicator and method for heating a geological formation is disclosed. A radio frequency source configured to apply a differential mode signal is connected to a coaxial conductor including an outer conductor pipe and an inner conductor. The inner condu... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120031616 | Cylindrical Truss Structure Reinforced Pipe A pipe structure comprising inner and outer pipe sections that are coaxial with each other is disclosed. A cylindrical truss structure may be disposed between the inner and outer pipe sections to provide support to the pipe structure while reducing weight. Such a pipe s... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120012319 | ENHANCED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY USING MICROWAVE HEATING A downhole tool utilizing microwave energy for stimulating production of hydrocarbons from a drilled well. A microwave generator is disposed within the body of the tool and supplied with power from the surface. Microwaves generated by the tool are applied to a refractor... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110308791 | Apparatus for Use Downhole Including Devices Having Heat Carrier Channels A method and apparatus for regulating a temperature of a device in a tool used in a wellbore is disclosed. The device generally includes a substrate and a heat source associated with the substrate that induces heat into the substrate. The substrate includes a fluid chan... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110308801 | Systems, Apparatus and Methods for Extraction of Hydrocarbons From Organic Materials A system, apparatus and method for hydrocarbon extraction from organic materials, such as oil shale, coal, lignite, tar sands, animal waste and biomass, which may be characterized generally as feedstock ore. A retort system including at least one fabricated retort vesse... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110303413 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING FLUID FROM AN IN SITU CONVERSION PROCESS A system that includes a plurality of heat sources configured to heat a portion of a formation is described. At least one production well is in the formation. A bottom portion of the production well is a sump in an underburden of the formation below the heated portion o... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110290483 | SPONTANEOUS SUPERCRITICAL FLUID RECOVERY AND REFINING OF HYDROCARBONS FROM HYDROCARBON-BEARING FORMATIONS APPLYING FUEL CELL GAS IN SITU A plume of combined gases are infused into hydrocarbon-bearing formations, “inert” as the major gas and “reactive” as the minor gas, where the minor gas reacts with hydrocarbons to fully saturate hydrocarbons with supercritical fluid, which migrate hydrocarbons ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110290490 | Process For Producing Hydrocarbon Fluids Combining In Situ Heating, A Power Plant And A Gas Plant An in situ method of producing hydrocarbon fluids from an organic-rich rock formation may include heating an organic-rich rock formation, for example an oil shale formation, in situ to pyrolyze formation hydrocarbons, for example kerogen, to form a production fluid cont... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110259591 | THERMAL PROCESSES FOR SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS A process may include providing heat from one or more heaters to at least a portion of a subsurface formation. Heat may transfer from one or more heaters to a part of a formation. In some embodiments, heat from the one or more heat sources may pyrolyze at least some hyd... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110259590 | CONDUCTION CONVECTION REFLUX RETORTING PROCESS A sub-surface hydrocarbon production system comprising an energy delivery well extending from the surface to a location proximate a bottom of the hydrocarbons to be produced. A production well extends from the surface to a location proximate the hydrocarbon and a convec... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110253372 | PARTICLES COMPRISING BLOCKED ISOCYANATE RESIN AND METHOD OF MODIFYING A WELLBORE USING THE SAME A plurality of solid particles including a thermoplastic composition having a softening temperature in a range from 50° C. to 180° C. and a blocked isocyanate resin; optionally at least some of the particles in the plurality of solid particles comprise both the thermo... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110247820 | METHODS FOR TREATING HYDROCARBON FORMATIONS Systems and methods for treating a subsurface formation are described herein. Some method include providing heat to a section of the formation from a plurality of heaters located in the formation, allowing the heat to transfer from the heaters to heat a portion of the s... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110247819 | LOW TEMPERATURE INDUCTIVE HEATING OF SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS Electrical current flow is induced in a ferromagnetic conductor providing time-varying electrical current at a first frequency to an electrical conductor located in a formation. The ferromagnetic conductor at least partially surrounds and at least partially extends leng... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110247818 | VARIABLE THICKNESS INSULATED CONDUCTORS A system used to heat a subsurface formation includes an elongated heater at least partially located in an opening in a hydrocarbon containing layer of the formation. The opening extends from the surface of the formation through an overburden section of the formation an... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110247817 | HELICAL WINDING OF INSULATED CONDUCTOR HEATERS FOR INSTALLATION A method for installing two or more heaters in a subsurface formation includes providing a spool having a substantially helical configuration of two or more heaters that have been spooled on the spool. The helical configuration of heaters is unspooled from the spool and... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110203798 | Downhole Thermal Component Temperature Management System and Method A system for temperature management of a downhole thermal component includes a heat exchanger thermally coupled with the thermal component and a heat exhausting temperature management system thermally coupled with the thermal component and the heat exchanger to transfer... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110198083 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THE RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBONACEOUS AND ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS FROM OIL SHALE AND OIL SANDS Apparatus and methods are disclosed for recovering hydrocarbonaceous and additional products from nonrubilized oil shale and oil/tar sands. A hole is formed in a body of oil shale or oil sand. A heater is positioned into the hole generating a temperature sufficient to c... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110192603 | Self-Sustaining On-Site Production of Electricity and/or Steam for Use in the In Situ Processing of Oil Shale and/or Oil Sands Oil shale and/or oil sands are utilized to generate electricity and/or steam at the site of the oil shale/sands deposit in an in situ process for recovering oil from the deposit. Bulk shale/sands material is removed from the deposit and combusted to generate thermal ene... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110192604 | DRILLING, COMPLETING AND STIMULATING A HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION WELL An apparatus and method for drilling a well in a heavy oil or bitumen reservoir for in situ recovery of heavy oil and bitumen is provided. More particularly, an apparatus and method for drilling, completing and/or stimulating a heavy oil or bitumen well in a heavy oil o... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110186295 | Recovery of Hydrocarbons Using Artificial Topseals A method is described for recovering viscous oil such as bitumen from a subsurface formation. The method involves creating an artificial barrier in a subterranean zone above or proximate a top of the subsurface formation. The barrier is largely impermeable to fluid flow... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110186296 | OIL SHALE PROCESSING A method of in-situ processing of a subterranean oil shale formation to produce hydrocarbons comprising contacting the oil shale with (i) a carbon monoxide/water mixture or (ii) a carbon monoxide/water/hydrogen mixture together with at least one liquefaction promoter, u... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110174016 | APPARATUS & PROCESS FOR TREATING OFFSHORE NATURAL GAS A process for treating offshore natural gas includes processing the natural gas on an off-shore processing facility by, (i) liquefying and fractionating the natural gas to generate a liquefied natural gas stream and a higher hydrocarbon stream, (ii) vapourising at least... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110162847 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DOWNHOLE ACTIVE COOLING Subterranean oilfield high-temperature devices configured or designed to operate at elevated temperatures downhole in a well traversing a formation. A tool conveyance is configured for deployment in the well with a downhole cartridge comprising high-temperature sensitiv... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110088904 | IN SITU RECOVERY FROM A HYDROCARBON CONTAINING FORMATION An oil shale formation may be treated using an in situ thermal process. Heat may be applied to the formation to raise a temperature of a portion of the formation to a pyrolysis temperature. Heat input into the formation may be controlled to raise the temperature of port... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110079561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOT WATER WITHOUT A FLAME The present invention provides a system and method for producing hot water without a flame. The system and method heats water to at least a specified temperature without a flame by providing a source of water and a prime mover, pumping water from the source of water int... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110079391 | COOLING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USE WITH DOWNHOLE TOOLS Cooling apparatus and methods for use with downhole tools are described. An example apparatus includes a cooling apparatus for use with a downhole tool. The cooling apparatus includes a flow passage having an inlet and an outlet. The outlet is configured for fluid commu... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110067872 | Wellbore Flow Control Devices Using Filter Media Containing Particulate Additives in a Foam Material In one aspect a apparatus is provided that in one embodiment may include a permeable member made by combining a particulate additive to one or more materials, which materials when processed without the particulate additive form a substantially impermeable mass, wherein ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110067873 | Use of Foam Shape Memory Polymer To Transport Acid or Other Wellbore Treatments In aspects, the present disclosure provides a device that includes a shape memory member having a sealed outer surface and a permeable inner mass and a selected fluid placed and sealed within the inner mass at a first temperature. The selected fluid is released from the... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110048717 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR "IN-SITU" CONVEYING OF BITUMEN OR VERY HEAVY OIL A method is for conveying bitumen or heavy oil in a deposit is provided. The bitumen or very heavy oil is liquefied by way of an inductive conductor loop as a heater and is led away using an extraction pipe, wherein the conductor loop and the extraction pipe are dispose... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110036575 | PRODUCING RESOURCES USING HEATED FLUID INJECTION A system for treating a subterranean zone (110) includes a downhole fluid heater (120) installed in a wellbore (114). Treatment fluid, oxidant, and fuel conduits (124a, 124b, and 124c) connect fuel, oxidant ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110024120 | METHOD OF SERVICING HIGH TEMPERATURE WELLS A method of servicing high temperature wells. A cooling chamber is secured in end to onto a wellhead of a high temperature well. A hot tubing string is raised from the high temperature well into the cooling chamber. A cooling fluid is injected into the cooling chamber t... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110017454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HEAT DISSIPATERS FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS IN DOWNHOLE TOOLS Devices and related methods for reducing a thermal loading of one or more components may include a housing having an interior for receiving the component(s), and a thermally conductive flowable material in thermal communication to the component(s).... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110005757 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FLOWING BACK WELLBORE FLUIDS A method for heating flowing back wellbore fluids or heating fluids to treat wellbores or pipelines having a tubing string is disclosed. The wellbore will intersect a hydrocarbon reservoir. The method will include providing a diesel engine that produces heat as a result... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100300691 | PERMEABILITY FLOW BALANCING WITHIN INTEGRAL SCREEN JOINTS AND METHOD A method for uniform heating of a formation including applying a high temperature fluid to a tubular located within an open hole formation borehole; modifying a permeability of the tubular along its length by reducing permeability at a heel of the borehole and by increa... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100276146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENHANCE OIL RECOVERY IN WELLS The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for the enhanced recovery of hydrocarbon fluids from subterranean reservoirs using cryogenic fluids. Using the Earth's geothermal energy to warm cryogenic flood fluids injected into subterranean reservoirs, the pres... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100276983 | INTEGRATION OF AN IN-SITU RECOVERY OPERATION WITH A MINING OPERATION This description is directed to a method and system for integrating an in-situ bitumen recovery operation with a bitumen mining operation for improved efficiencies and synergies therebetween. The method comprises obtaining a production fluid from the in-situ bitumen rec... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100263869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STIMULATING PRODUCTION FROM OIL AND GAS WELLS BY FREEZE-THAW CYCLING In a well stimulation method, a subsurface formation is fractured by freezing a water-containing zone within the formation in the vicinity of a well, thereby generating expansive pressures which expand or created cracks and fissures in the formation. The frozen zone is ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100243246 | WATER INJECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS There is disclosed a system comprising a well drilled into an underground formation comprising hydrocarbons; a production facility at a topside of the well; a water production facility connected to the production facility; wherein the water production facility produces ... | 09/30/2010 |
