Patent ID: 11867040
Assignee: ACCELEWARE LTD.
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC E  H

Claim 9:
10. A method for electromagnetic heating of a hydrocarbon formation comprising:
providing electrical power to at least one electromagnetic power source for generating a first and a second time-varying current or voltage, each of the first and the second time-varying current or voltage comprising at least one of a time-varying current or a time-varying voltage;
providing at least a first and a second transmission line, each of the first and the second transmission lines having at least a first and a second transmission line conductor, each of the first and the second transmission line conductors of the first and the second transmission lines having a proximal end and a distal end;
coupling the first and the second transmission lines to the at least one electromagnetic power source;
using the at least one electromagnetic power source to generate the first and the second time-varying current or voltage; and
applying the first and the second time-varying current or voltage to excite the first and the second transmission lines conductors of the first and the second transmission lines, the excitation of the first and the second transmission lines conductors of the first and the second transmission lines being capable of propagating electromagnetic waves from the proximal ends of the transmission line conductors toward the distal ends of the transmission line conductors within the hydrocarbon formation.