Patent ID: 8789599

Claim:
An apparatus for processing a hydrocarbon resource in a subterranean formation having a pair of wellbores therein, the apparatus comprising: a coaxial first conductor extending within a first one of the pair of wellbores and comprising an inner conductor, an outer conductor pipe, and a nonferrous plating coating the outer conductor pipe; a second conductor pipe spaced from the outer conductor pipe and extending within a second one of the pair of wellbores; a radio frequency (RF) source configured to apply a differential signal across the inner conductor and outer conductor pipe; a current choke positioned adjacent at least one of the outer conductor pipe and the second conductor pipe and configured to choke current flowing along an outer surface of the at least one of the outer conductor pipe and the second conductor pipe; and at least one inner conductor jumper positioned distal of the current choke relative to the RF source and connecting the inner conductor to the second conductor pipe.