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(11) EP 2 567 065 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
13.03.2013 Bulletin 2013/11

(21) Application number: 11721867.7

(22) Date of filing: 04.05.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
E21B 43/20(2006.01)
E21B 43/30(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2011/035122
(87) International publication number:
WO 2011/140180 (10.11.2011 Gazette 2011/45)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 06.05.2010 US 332085 P

(71) Applicants:
  • Shell Oil Company
    Houston, TX 77252-2463 (US)

    SM 
  • Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
    2596 HR The Hague (NL)

(72) Inventors:
  • APPEL, Matthias
    Norwich Norfolk NR7 OTE (GB)
  • AYIRALA, Subhash Chandra Bose
    Houston Texas 77042 (US)
  • BLACKWELL, Amy L.O.
    Bellaire Texas 77401 (US)
  • BLOM, Carolus Petrus Adrianus
    Muscat 113 (OM)
  • CHEN, Zheyi
    Houston Texas 77054 (US)
  • HEDDEN, Ralf
    NL-2289EE Rijswijk (NL)
  • MATZAKOS, Andreas Nicholas
    Missouri City Texas 77459 (US)
  • UEHARA-NAGAMINE, Ernesto
    Houston Texas 77082 (US)
  • MICKELSON, William, Otto
    Richmond, TX 77406 (US)

(74) Representative: Matthezing, Robert Maarten et al
Shell International B.V. LSI PO Box 384
2501 CJ The Hague
2501 CJ The Hague (NL)

   


(54) SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OIL AND/OR GAS