Patent ID: 6725920
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: C09K,E21B,Y02C,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation in situ, comprising:providing heat from one or more heaters to at least a section of the formation; allowing the heat to transfer from one or more of the heaters to a part of the formation; controlling the heat to yield at least about 15% by weight of a total organic carbon content of the part of the formation into condensable hydrocarbons; controlling a pressure in at least a majority of the part of the formation, wherein the pressure is between about 2.0 bars absolute and about 70.0 bars absolute; producing hydrogen and condensable hydrocarbons from the formation; and hydrogenating a portion of the of the produced condensable hydrocarbons with a portion of the produced hydrogen.