IP Library Granted Patent US 11,506,036
Granted Patent B2
US 11,506,036 · App. 17/242,842 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Method, apparatus, and system for enhanced oil and gas recovery with super focused heat

Inventor: James C. Juranitch (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Assignee: XDI Holdings, LLC
E21B43/2406C07C5/333C09K8/592E21B43/24
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Patent No.
US 11,506,036
App. No.
17/242,842
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for improving a steam oil ratio (SOR) includes a boiler fluidly coupled with a downhole portion of a steam system via at least a boiler conduit, wherein the boiler is configured to schedule super-heat delivered to the downhole portion to optimize the SOR associated with the system.

Claims (33)

1. A system for improving a steam oil ratio (SOR) comprising:

a boiler fluidly coupled with a downhole portion of a steam system via at least a boiler conduit, wherein the boiler is configured to schedule super-heat delivered to the downhole portion to optimize the SOR associated with the system;

a super-heater fluidly coupled with the boiler via the boiler conduit, wherein the super-heater is fluidly coupled with the downhole portion via a super-heater outlet conduit, wherein a temperature of the super-heater outlet conduit is determined; and

a controller configured to adjust an amount of superheat based on the temperature of the super-heater outlet conduit, wherein an amount of the scheduled super-heat is increased based on the temperature of the super-heater outlet conduit being below a defined threshold.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a horizontal pipe section of the downhole portion of the steam system; and

a collection pipe disposed adjacent to the horizontal pipe section and configured to collect mobilized oil and spent steam and return the mobilized oil and spent steam to a ground surface location.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the SOR is measured at the ground surface location.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the superheat is scheduled based on the measured SOR at the ground surface location.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the super-heat is scheduled based on the determined temperature of the super-heater outlet conduit.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein super-heat is scheduled via at least one of the boiler and the super-heater based on a condensate loss from the super-heater outlet conduit.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the super-heat is incremented by the at least one of the boiler and the super-heater in response to the condensate loss from the super-heater outlet conduit being greater than a determined amount.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the super-heat is incremented until the condensate loss from the super-heater outlet is within a defined threshold of zero.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the super-heat is incremented until the SOR associated with the system is minimized.

10. A method for improving a steam oil ratio (SOR) comprising:

providing super-heat with at least one of a boiler and a super-heater fluidly coupled in series with a downhole portion of a steam system to the downhole portion of the steam system, wherein the boiler is fluidly coupled with the super-heater via a boiler conduit and the super-heater is fluidly coupled with the downhole portion of the steam system via a super-heater outlet conduit;

determining a temperature of the super-heater outlet conduit; and

adjusting the amount of super-heat based on the determined temperature of the super-heater outlet conduit, wherein the amount of super-heat is increased based on the temperature of the super-heater outlet conduit being below a defined threshold.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

determining whether a condensate loss from the super-heater outlet conduit is greater than a defined condensate loss value; and

incrementing the amount of super-heat to provide an incremented amount of super-heat in response to a determination that the condensate loss from the super-heater outlet conduit is greater than the defined condensate loss value.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising determining whether the incremented amount of super-heat is greater than a defined super-heat value.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising decrementing the amount of super-heat in response to a determination that the incremented amount of super-heat is greater than the defined super-heat value.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising determining whether the condensate loss from the super-heater outlet conduit is greater than the defined value, in response to a determination that the incremented amount of super-heat is less than the defined super-heat value.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining whether the SOR is greater than a defined SOR value in response to a determination that a condensate loss from the super-heater outlet conduit is less than a defined condensate loss value.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising maintaining the amount of super-heat in response to a determination that the SOR is less than the defined SOR value.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising determining whether to increment or decrement the amount of super-heat based on a determination of whether the amount of super-heat is less than a defined super-heat value.

18. A system for improving a steam oil ratio (SOR) comprising:

a boiler;

a super-heater fluidly coupled with the boiler via a boiler conduit, wherein the boiler and the super-heater are both configured to produce an amount of super-heat;

a downhole portion of a steam system fluidly coupled with the super-heater via a super-heater outlet conduit, wherein the super-heater is coupled in series with the boiler and the downhole portion of the steam system, the downhole portion of the steam system including a horizontal pipe section, wherein a temperature of the downhole portion of the steam system is determined and the amount of super-heat is adjusted based on the temperature; and

a collection pipe disposed adjacent to the horizontal pipe section and configured to collect mobilized oil and spent steam and return the mobilized oil and spent steam to a ground surface location, wherein the SOR is measured at the ground surface location.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the amount of super-heat is increased based on the temperature of the super-heater outlet conduit being below a defined threshold.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2024
From: HELIOS ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; XDI HOLDINGS, LLC; RADWASTE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; PLASMA TECH HOLDINGS, LLC; PLASMA POWER, LLC; ADVANCED PETRO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; CRU TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: HEAT IP HOLDCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 067484/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: JURANITCH, JAMES CHARLES
To: XDI HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 057034/0600 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15778010
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