MICROWAVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT AND EXTRACTION OF HYDROCARBONS AND/OR GAS FROM SUBSURFACE DEPOSITS

摘要

A system of a radiating antenna and a sheet beam klystron, as a microwave source, coupled to the antenna by a short waveguide and the method of locating the antenna downhole in a well at a selected target zone by use of a dual chamber flexible tube and applying power to the source to heat and fracture the rock in the target zone and created a migrating phase boundary that radiates out from the antenna 25 meters or more to release the hydrocarbons in the rock.