Patents by Inventor Håkon HØGSTØL

Håkon HØGSTØL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Producing hydrocarbons from a subsurface formation
    Patent number: 10107087
    Abstract: A system and method for producing hydrocarbons from a subsurface hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The system includes a production well, at least part of the production well located in a portion of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. A heating well is also provided, at least part of the heating well located in a portion of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation; wherein the heating well includes a main well and a plurality of smaller bore lateral wells extending into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The smaller bore lateral wells improve heat distribution within the formation, and so fewer heating wells are required to achieve the same effect as using heating wells without smaller bore lateral wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Margrete Hånes Wesenberg, Håkon Høgstøl
  • PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS FROM A SUBSURFACE FORMATION
    Publication number: 20170067329
    Abstract: A system and method for producing hydrocarbons from a subsurface hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The system includes a production well, at least part of the production well located in a portion of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. A heating well is also provided, at least part of the heating well located in a portion of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation; wherein the heating well includes a main well and a plurality of smaller bore lateral wells extending into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The smaller bore lateral wells improve heat distribution within the formation, and so fewer heating wells are required to achieve the same effect as using heating wells without smaller bore lateral wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Margrete Hånes WESENBERG, Håkon HØGSTØL