Systems , methods , and processes for use in treating subsurface formations

• Main Authors: JOHANNES KORNELIS MINDERHOUD, JOSEPH P. BRIGNAC JR, ALAN DEL PAGGIO, THOMAS J. KELTNER, MONICA M. PINGO-ALMANDA, GEORGE LEO STEGEMEIER, GENE LAMBRITH, ROBERT CHARLES RYAN, RUIJIAN LI, WALTER FARMAYAN, ALLAN JAMES SAMUEL, SAU-WAI WONG, GOREM HERRON, ZAIDA DIAZ, PAUL TAYLOR HAMILTON, STANLEY LEROY MASON, PETER TERRY GRIFFIN, JOHN M. KARANIKAS, MARK ALAN SIDDOWAY, FREDERICK GORDON CARL, VIJAY NAIR, JEANARLES GINESTRA, NAVAL GOEL, RANDY JOHN, GUUS ROES, ABDUL WAHID MUNSHI, DAVID SCOTT MILLER, LANNY GENE SCHOELING, DONG-SUB KIM, JOHN MICHAEL VITEK, VINOD K. SIKKA, THOMAS DAVID FOWLER, MICHAEL L. SANTELLA, BILLY JOHN MCKINZIE II, WIM M. BOND, JAMES L. MENOTTI, MICHEL SERGE MARIE MUYLLE, RONALD MARSHALL BASS, PHILLIP JAMES MAZIASZ, STEVEN PAUL GILES, WEIJIAN MO, JOHN PAUL SHINGLEDECKER, HAROLD J. VINEGAR, STEPHEN PALMER HIRSHBLOND, JOHANNES LEENDERT WILLEM CORNELIS DEN BOESTERT, CHESTER LEDLIE SANDBERG, WILLIAM GEORGE COIT, WILLEM SCHOEBER, REMCO HUGO MANDEMA, RICHARG GENE NELSON, RALPH S. BAKER, KENNETH COWAN, CHRISTOPHER KELVIN HARRIS, XUEYING XIE, ERIC PIERRE DE ROUFFIGNAC, WOLFGANG DEEG, RONNIE WADE WATKINS, MICHAEL DAVID FAIRBANKS, FARHANG ABBASI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.12.2010
• Subjects: EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; MINING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

A system for heating a hydrocarbon containing formation includes a heater having an elongated ferromagnetic metal heater section. The heater is located in an opening in a formation. The heater section is configured to heat the hydrocarbon containing formation. The exposed ferromagnetic metal has a sulfidation rate that goes down with increasing temperature of the heater, when the heater is in a selected temperature range.