US 12,326,072 B2
Oil production system and method
Jack McIntyre, San Angelo, TX (US)
Filed by Jack McIntyre, San Angelo, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,497.
Application 18/389,497 is a continuation of application No. 17/553,073, filed on Dec. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,851,996.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,656, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0093581 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E21B 43/01 (2006.01); C09K 8/592 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/248 (2006.01); E21B 47/07 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 43/162 (2013.01) [C09K 8/592 (2013.01); E21B 43/01 (2013.01); E21B 43/248 (2013.01); E21B 47/07 (2020.05)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for heating of unrecovered oil, said system comprising:
i. a chemical injection well having at least one subterranean outlet;
ii. an oil production well with at least one subterranean inlet;
iii. wherein said subterranean outlet is lower in elevation than said at least one inlet, and wherein said chemical injection well is separate and apart from said oil production well;
wherein said chemical injection well is coupled to an injected reactant source, and wherein said injected reactant source reacts with a second reactant in an exothermic reaction which produces hydrogen gas, and wherein said reactant source comprises aqueous sodium; and wherein said second reactant comprises water;
a controller, and wherein said controller receives data from said oil production well and uses said data to control the release of said injected reactant source and to control the exothermic reaction.