Electric heating – Capacitive dielectric heating – Specific heating application
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-03
2006-10-03
Van, Quang (Department: 3742)
Electric heating
Capacitive dielectric heating
Specific heating application
C219S770000, C166S248000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07115847
ABSTRACT:
A hydrocarbon bearing formation (304) which is heated using a variable frequency capacitive radio frequency dielectric heating (334) in situ process. Hydrocarbons or other substances natural to a hydrocarbonaceous formation may be produced by heating specific chemical compositions with or without the use of a carrier medium (320) in a subterranean reservoir. Hydrocarbons or other substances natural to a hydrocarbonaceous formation are heated by maintaining specific chemical compositions in an alternating current electrical field generated by a radio frequency signal. As the targeted chemical compositions increase in temperature, maximum energy is delivered using variable frequency radio frequency dielectric heating to adjust the rate of the heating process.
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