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Device and method for obtaining, especially in situ, a carbonaceous substance from an underground deposit

US9574430B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Dirk Diehl · Erlangen, DE
Norbert Huber · Erlangen, DE
Andreas Koch · Heiligenhaus, DE
Michael Koolman · Bubenreuth, DE
Muris Torlak · Sarajevo, BA
Bernd Wacker · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2011
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE21B43/305
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus is provided for delivering a substance containing hydrocarbons from a reservoir. The reservoir can be subjected to thermal energy in order to reduce the viscosity of the substance. The apparatus includes at least one conductor loop for inductively applying current as an electric/electromagnetic heater. A conductor of the conductor loop is surrounded in at least one section by a liquid-carrying conduit. The liquid-carrying conduit is perforated such that when a liquid is supplied the liquid penetrates into the reservoir from the liquid-carrying conduit via a perforation.

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