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Multi-step heater deployment in a subsurface formation

  • US 8,146,669 B2
  • Filed: 10/13/2008
  • Issued: 04/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for installing a horizontal or inclined subsurface heater, comprising:

  • providing a heating section of a heater to a horizontal or inclined section of a wellbore with an installation tool;

    uncoupling the tool from the heating section; and

    mechanically and electrically coupling a lead-in section of the heater to the heating section of the heater, wherein the lead-in section is located in an angled or a vertical section of the wellbore.

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