Owner Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.

Inventors Fairbanks, Michael David

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2005238943

PCT Pub. Number WO2005/106191

Priority 60/565,077 23.04.04 US

Filing date 22 April 2005

Wipo publication date 10 November 2005

Acceptance publication date 8 January 2009

E21B 29/00 (2006.01) Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs, or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows

E21B 36/04 (2006.01) Heating, cooling, or insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones

E21B 43/00 (2006.01) Obtaining fluids from wells

E21B 43/12 (2006.01) Obtaining fluids from wells - Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells

E21B 43/24 (2006.01) Obtaining fluids from wells

E21B 43/30 (2006.01) Obtaining fluids from wells

E21B 43/38 (2006.01) Obtaining fluids from wells

H05B 3/10 (2006.01) Ohmic-resistance heating - Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor

H05B 3/14 (2006.01) Ohmic-resistance heating - the material being non-metallic

H05B 6/10 (2006.01) Heating by electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields - Induction heating apparatus, other than furnaces, for specific applications