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Method and device for in-situ conveying of bitumen or very heavy oil

US8607862B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Dirk Diehl · Erlangen, DE
Norbert Huber · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2009
Grant date	Dec 17, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 19, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B2214/03
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

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 disposed relative to one another such that the heating and thus extraction of bitumen or very heavy oil is maximized. To this end, one of the conductors of the conductor loop is disposed substantially vertically above the extraction pipe.

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