CA966064A - Combination in situ combustion displacement and steam stimulation of producing wells - Google Patents
Combination in situ combustion displacement and steam stimulation of producing wellsInfo
- Publication number
- CA966064A CA966064A CA174,354A CA174354A CA966064A CA 966064 A CA966064 A CA 966064A CA 174354 A CA174354 A CA 174354A CA 966064 A CA966064 A CA 966064A
- Authority
- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- combination
- producing wells
- situ combustion
- steam stimulation
- displacement
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
Links
Classifications
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/30—Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimizing the spacing of wells
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
- E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
- E21B43/243—Combustion in situ
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- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Geology (AREA)
- Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
- Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
- General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
- Production Of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixture For Refining Petroleum (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US30613172A | 1972-11-13 | 1972-11-13 |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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CA966064A true CA966064A (en) | 1975-04-15 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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CA174,354A Expired CA966064A (en) | 1972-11-13 | 1973-06-19 | Combination in situ combustion displacement and steam stimulation of producing wells |
Country Status (2)
Country | Link |
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US (1) | US3794113A (en) |
CA (1) | CA966064A (en) |
Families Citing this family (36)
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US4026359A (en) * | 1976-02-06 | 1977-05-31 | Shell Oil Company | Producing shale oil by flowing hot aqueous fluid along vertically varied paths within leached oil shale |
US4366863A (en) * | 1980-09-29 | 1983-01-04 | Texaco Inc. | Enhanced oil recovery operations |
US4495994A (en) * | 1983-02-02 | 1985-01-29 | Texaco Inc. | Thermal injection and in situ combustion process for heavy oils |
US4691771A (en) * | 1984-09-25 | 1987-09-08 | Worldenergy Systems, Inc. | Recovery of oil by in-situ combustion followed by in-situ hydrogenation |
US4649997A (en) * | 1984-12-24 | 1987-03-17 | Texaco Inc. | Carbon dioxide injection with in situ combustion process for heavy oils |
US4702314A (en) * | 1986-03-03 | 1987-10-27 | Texaco Inc. | Patterns of horizontal and vertical wells for improving oil recovery efficiency |
US4688637A (en) * | 1987-02-27 | 1987-08-25 | Theis Ralph W | Method for induced flow recovery of shallow crude oil deposits |
US5211230A (en) * | 1992-02-21 | 1993-05-18 | Mobil Oil Corporation | Method for enhanced oil recovery through a horizontal production well in a subsurface formation by in-situ combustion |
CA2096034C (en) * | 1993-05-07 | 1996-07-02 | Kenneth Edwin Kisman | Horizontal well gravity drainage combustion process for oil recovery |
US6588503B2 (en) | 2000-04-24 | 2003-07-08 | Shell Oil Company | In Situ thermal processing of a coal formation to control product composition |
US20030146002A1 (en) | 2001-04-24 | 2003-08-07 | Vinegar Harold J. | Removable heat sources for in situ thermal processing of an oil shale formation |
WO2003036033A1 (en) | 2001-10-24 | 2003-05-01 | Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. | Simulation of in situ recovery from a hydrocarbon containing formation |
KR20070043939A (en) * | 2004-06-07 | 2007-04-26 | 아르콘 테크놀로지스 리미티드 | Oilfield enhanced in situ combustion process |
US7493952B2 (en) * | 2004-06-07 | 2009-02-24 | Archon Technologies Ltd. | Oilfield enhanced in situ combustion process |
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US20090044940A1 (en) * | 2006-02-15 | 2009-02-19 | Pfefferle William C | Method for CAGD recovery of heavy oil |
RU2415259C2 (en) | 2006-04-21 | 2011-03-27 | Шелл Интернэшнл Рисерч Маатсхаппий Б.В. | Successive heat of multitude layers of hydrocarbon containing bed |
CA2666959C (en) | 2006-10-20 | 2015-06-23 | Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. | Moving hydrocarbons through portions of tar sands formations with a fluid |
CA2684486C (en) | 2007-04-20 | 2015-11-17 | Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. | In situ recovery from residually heated sections in a hydrocarbon containing formation |
US20090200290A1 (en) | 2007-10-19 | 2009-08-13 | Paul Gregory Cardinal | Variable voltage load tap changing transformer |
US7740062B2 (en) * | 2008-01-30 | 2010-06-22 | Alberta Research Council Inc. | System and method for the recovery of hydrocarbons by in-situ combustion |
WO2009129143A1 (en) * | 2008-04-18 | 2009-10-22 | Shell Oil Company | Systems, methods, and processes utilized for treating hydrocarbon containing subsurface formations |
US8091636B2 (en) * | 2008-04-30 | 2012-01-10 | World Energy Systems Incorporated | Method for increasing the recovery of hydrocarbons |
RU2529537C2 (en) | 2008-10-13 | 2014-09-27 | Шелл Интернэшнл Рисерч Маатсхаппий Б.В. | Systems for treatment of underground bed with circulating heat transfer fluid |
CA2692204C (en) * | 2009-02-06 | 2014-01-21 | Javier Enrique Sanmiguel | Method of gas-cap air injection for thermal oil recovery |
US8448707B2 (en) | 2009-04-10 | 2013-05-28 | Shell Oil Company | Non-conducting heater casings |
US20100326656A1 (en) * | 2009-06-26 | 2010-12-30 | Conocophillips Company | Pattern steamflooding with horizontal wells |
US8631866B2 (en) | 2010-04-09 | 2014-01-21 | Shell Oil Company | Leak detection in circulated fluid systems for heating subsurface formations |
US9033042B2 (en) | 2010-04-09 | 2015-05-19 | Shell Oil Company | Forming bitumen barriers in subsurface hydrocarbon formations |
US8739874B2 (en) | 2010-04-09 | 2014-06-03 | Shell Oil Company | Methods for heating with slots in hydrocarbon formations |
US8875788B2 (en) | 2010-04-09 | 2014-11-04 | Shell Oil Company | Low temperature inductive heating of subsurface formations |
US9016370B2 (en) | 2011-04-08 | 2015-04-28 | Shell Oil Company | Partial solution mining of hydrocarbon containing layers prior to in situ heat treatment |
RU2612774C2 (en) | 2011-10-07 | 2017-03-13 | Шелл Интернэшнл Рисерч Маатсхаппий Б.В. | Thermal expansion accommodation for systems with circulating fluid medium, used for rocks thickness heating |
CA2862463A1 (en) | 2012-01-23 | 2013-08-01 | Genie Ip B.V. | Heater pattern for in situ thermal processing of a subsurface hydrocarbon containing formation |
Family Cites Families (10)
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US27252A (en) * | 1860-02-21 | Improvement in harvesters | ||
US2994376A (en) * | 1957-12-27 | 1961-08-01 | Phillips Petroleum Co | In situ combustion process |
US3153448A (en) * | 1959-09-17 | 1964-10-20 | Continental Oil Co | Combination in situ combustion-aqueous medium drive oil recovery method |
US3272261A (en) * | 1963-12-13 | 1966-09-13 | Gulf Research Development Co | Process for recovery of oil |
GB1009828A (en) * | 1964-09-28 | 1965-11-10 | Shell Int Research | A method of producing hydrocarbons |
US3358759A (en) * | 1965-07-19 | 1967-12-19 | Phillips Petroleum Co | Steam drive in an oil-bearing stratum adjacent a gas zone |
US3380527A (en) * | 1965-10-21 | 1968-04-30 | Phillips Petroleum Co | Oil production by vertical steam drive |
US3384172A (en) * | 1965-11-19 | 1968-05-21 | Pan American Petroleum Corp | Producing petroleum by forward combustion and cyclic steam injection |
US3441083A (en) * | 1967-11-09 | 1969-04-29 | Tenneco Oil Co | Method of recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean formation |
US3707189A (en) * | 1970-12-16 | 1972-12-26 | Shell Oil Co | Flood-aided hot fluid soak method for producing hydrocarbons |
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1972
- 1972-11-13 US US00306131A patent/US3794113A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1973
- 1973-06-19 CA CA174,354A patent/CA966064A/en not_active Expired
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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US3794113A (en) | 1974-02-26 |
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