<p>A method is provided to produce hydrocarbons from a formation, the method includes the steps of: placing a pair of electrodes within a formation; applying differential voltages between pairs of electrodes wherein the voltage differences between the electrodes is greater than at least 10,000 volts; and producing hydrocarbons from the formation or an adjacent formation wherein the formation has an initial permeability of less than ten millidarcy. The invention also includes an apparatus effective to release pulses of electrical energy into the formation as this frequency and voltage at least until the formation has reached a point where the electrical potential arcs from one electrode to at least one other electrode.</p>
申请公布号
AU2013239809(B2)
申请公布日期
2015.12.17
申请号
AU20130239809
申请日期
2013.03.27
申请人
SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.
发明人
KHODAVERDIAN, MOHAMAD FEREYDOON;GELIKMAN, MIKHAIL BORIS;OCAMPOS, ERNESTO RAFAEL FONSECA;KARANIKAS, JOHN MICHAEL;WONG, SAU-WAI