AU5005985A

AU5005985A – Electrically heating long intervals of earth formations
– Google Patents

AU5005985A – Electrically heating long intervals of earth formations
– Google Patents
Electrically heating long intervals of earth formations

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Publication number
AU5005985A

AU5005985A
AU50059/85A
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AU 5005985 A
AU5005985 A
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AU 50059/85 A
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Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
earth formations
electrically heating
long intervals
heating long
intervals
Prior art date
1984-04-06
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Granted

Application number
AU50059/85A
Other versions

AU575446B2
(en

Inventor
Cornelis Franciscus Henricus Van Egmond
Peter Van Meurs
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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV

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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV
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1984-04-06
Filing date
1985-11-19
Publication date
1987-05-21

1985-11-19
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filed
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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV

1987-05-21
Publication of AU5005985A
publication
Critical
patent/AU5005985A/en

1988-07-28
Application granted
granted
Critical

1988-07-28
Publication of AU575446B2
publication
Critical
patent/AU575446B2/en

2005-11-19
Anticipated expiration
legal-status
Critical

Status
Ceased
legal-status
Critical
Current

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Discuss

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biosynthetic process
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Methods

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heat treatment
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Classifications

E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING

E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells

E21B23/14—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells for displacing a cable or cable-operated tool, e.g. for logging or perforating operations in deviated wells

E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING

E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables

E21B19/22—Handling reeled pipe or rod units, e.g. flexible drilling pipes

E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING

E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

E21B36/00—Heating, cooling, insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones

E21B36/04—Heating, cooling, insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones using electrical heaters

AU50059/85A
1984-04-06
1985-11-19
Electrically heating long intervals of earth formations

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(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

US06/597,764

US4570715A
(en)

1984-04-06
1984-04-06
Formation-tailored method and apparatus for uniformly heating long subterranean intervals at high temperature

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AU5005985A
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1987-05-21

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1988-07-28

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1984-04-06
1985-11-19
Electrically heating long intervals of earth formations

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1985-06-26

Stabilization of subterranean sandstone formations

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(en)

1987-03-26

Seismic investigation of strata

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(en)

1988-05-11

Driving formations of screws

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(en)

1984-10-03

Acidizing subterranean formations

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(en)

1985-07-03

Borehole investigation

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(en)

1986-02-25

Electrical heater

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Defining homogeneous rock formation zones

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(en)

1984-12-12

Earth terminal

AU550660B2
(en)

1986-03-27

Thermosiphon heater

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(en)

1985-01-23

Tubular borehole plug

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(en)

1984-02-29

Earth drill

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(en)

1988-03-09

Earth structures

AU575568B2
(en)

1988-08-04

Measurement of earth formation resistivity

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(en)

1985-03-06

Earth terminal

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