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Gordon Thomas Shahin, Jr.0
Harold J. Vinegar0
Ilya Emil Berchenko0
Robert Charles Ryan0
Scott Lee Wellington0
Eric Pierre de Rouffignac0
Etuan Zhang0
George Leo Stegemeier0
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Date of Patent
July 24, 2012
0Patent Application Number
128409570
Date Filed
July 21, 2010
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Patent abstract
An oil shale formation may be treated using an in situ thermal process. Heat may be applied to the formation to raise a temperature of a portion of the formation to a pyrolysis temperature. Heat input into the formation may be controlled to raise the temperature of portion at a selected rate during pyrolysis of hydrocarbons within the formation. A mixture of hydrocarbons, H2, and/or other formation fluids may be produced from the formation.
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