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Method for reducing power loss associated with electrical heating of a subterranean formation

  • US 4,010,799 A
  • Filed: 09/15/1975
  • Issued: 03/08/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Method of reducing power losses associated with transmission of electrical energy down a wellbore to heat a subterranean formation via electrical conduction between a plurality of wells completed therein, which comprises, passing an alternating current having a frequency of from about 0.10 to about 5.0 cycles per second through the conductors in said wellbore.

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