Enhanced oil recovery system with a radiant tube heater
CA 2033492 C · Owner: Hemsath, Klaus H. · Inventors: Hemsath, Klaus H.
Overview
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An in situ thermal system is disclosed for enhanced oil recovery and the like from a subterranean formation. The system pressurizes the formation with water whereupon the entire formation is heated to relatively high temperatures in the absence of gas formation to significantly decrease the viscosity of substantially all the crude in the formation and permit recovery thereof. A down hole, fuel fired radiant tube burner of long length is provided to achieve the desired heat patterns within the formation.
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- Filed January 2, 1991 and granted December 6, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 2, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 2, 2013.
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