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Eric P. de Rouffignac0
Etuan Zhang0
Harold J. Vinegar0
Ilya Emil Berchenko0
Robert Charles Ryan0
Scott Lee Wellington0
Thomas David Fowler0
Date of Patent
July 18, 2006
0Patent Application Number
102792300
Date Filed
October 24, 2002
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Patent abstract
An in situ process for treating an oil containing formation is provided. The process may include providing heat from one or more heaters to at least a portion of the formation. The heat may be allowed to transfer from the one or more heaters to a part of the formation such that heat from the one or more heat sources pyrolyzes at least some hydrocarbons within the part. Hydrocarbons may be produced from the formation.
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