Staged zone heating of hydrocarbon bearing materials

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9914879
APP PUB NO 20170088780A1
SERIAL NO

15280831

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Methods and systems of heating a body of crushed hydrocarbonaceous material to produce hydrocarbons therefrom can involve heating multiple zones of the body of material sequentially. An exemplary method can include forming a body of crushed hydrocarbonaceous material having a first zone and a second zone. The first zone can be heated in a first heating stage to form a dynamic high temperature production region in the first zone. A cooling fluid can then be injected into the first zone after the high temperature production region forms. The high temperature production region can move into the second zone in a second heating stage. Hydrocarbons can be collected from the body of crushed hydrocarbonaceous material during both the first and second heating stages.

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RED LEAF RESOURCES INC32 WEST 200 SOUTH #552 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84101

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Otterstrom, Gary South Jordan, US 2 2
Plikas, Tom Mississauga, CA 3 1
Shah, Umesh Mississauga, CA 4 64

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