Sour gas injection for use with in situ heat treatment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7610962
APP PUB NO 20080173449A1
SERIAL NO

11788864

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Systems, methods, and heaters for treating a subsurface formation are described herein. At least one method for providing acidic gas to a subsurface formation is described herein. The method may include providing heat from one or more heaters to a portion of a subsurface formation; producing fluids that include one or more acidic gases from the formation using a heat treatment process. At least a portion of one of the acidic gases may be introduced into the formation, or into another formation, through one or more wellbores at a pressure below a lithostatic pressure of the formation in which the acidic gas is introduced.

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  • SHELL OIL COMPANY

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Fowler, Thomas David Houston , US 90 19479

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