Patents by Inventor Busheng Li

Busheng Li 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).

  • In situ oxidation of subsurface formations
    Patent number: 7866386
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation described herein include providing heat to a first portion of the formation from a plurality of heaters in the first portion, producing produced through one or more production wells in a second portion of the formation, reducing or turning off heat provided to the first portion after a selected time, providing an oxidizing fluid through one or more of the heater wells in the first portion, providing heat to the first portion and the second portion through oxidation of at least some hydrocarbons in the first portion, and producing fluids through at least one of the production wells in the second portion. The produced fluids may include at least some oxidized hydrocarbons produced in the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Gary Lee Beer, Weijian Mo, Busheng Li, Chonghui Shen
  • IN SITU OXIDATION OF SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20090194282
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation described herein include providing heat to a first portion of the formation from a plurality of heaters in the first portion, producing produced through one or more production wells in a second portion of the formation, reducing or turning off heat provided to the first portion after a selected time, providing an oxidizing fluid through one or more of the heater wells in the first portion, providing heat to the first portion and the second portion through oxidation of at least some hydrocarbons in the first portion, and producing fluids through at least one of the production wells in the second portion. The produced fluids may include at least some oxidized hydrocarbons produced in the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Gary Lee Beer, Weijian Mo, Busheng Li, Chonghui Shen